Cantilever Retaining Wall Design

Details

• Creators:
  Bruner, Robert F. ; Coyle, Harry M. ; Bartoskewitz, Richard E.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cantilevers
  • Retaining walls
  • Lateral placement
  • Earth pressure
  • Deflection
  • Rotation
  • Design
  • Procedures
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-83725+236-2F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  Interlm - September 1977 - May 1983
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  Current retaining wall design procedures are summarized with emphasis on the prediction of lateral earth pressures using the Coulomb and Rankine earth pressure theories, and the equivalent fluid pressure method. Results from previous large scale retaining wall tests and field studies are presented. Different design aspects are introduced as background for a recent field performance study. Instrumentation for measuring earth pressures on bearing surfaces and movement of a test wall constructed on a Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (TSDHPT) project is described. Measured pressures and movements along with results of geotechnical tests of the foundation and backfill soils are presented in detail. The test wall design based on the District 12 TSDHPT design standard is outlined and compared with results from the field performance study. A proposed new design procedure is developed based on modification of current design procedures. Significant modifications were made in the areas of the use of cohesive soil in the backfill, the computation of lateral earth pressures, and the computation of stability against overturning.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-5-78-236
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/84791/dot_84791_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.66 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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