Week 4 Challenge

Earthpressure acting on the abutment wall :
Solution:	Symbol		Value	Unit
Length of Abutment wall	Labt.	:	5.00	m
Width of Abutment wall(Assumed)	Wabt.	:	1.00	m
Height of Abutment wall(Overall H)	Habt.		7.50	m
Height of Abutment wall from top of Backfill			0.50	m
Backfill Hight from Foundation	Hb	:	7.00	m
Height of GL from Foundation	Hgl	:	3.00	m
Depth of Fundation	Df	:	1.00	m
Width of Foundation	Dw	:	3.00	m
Unit Weight of Soil		:	18.00	Kn/m3
Earth Pressure Co-Efficient	Ka	:	0.35
K1 Away from Backfill	K1	:	18.9	Kn/m2
K2Towords  Backfill	K2	:	44.10	Kn/m2
Soil load on Foundation Away backfill Side	P1	:	54.00	Kn/m2
Soil load on Foundation backfill Side	P2	:	126.00	Kn/m2

General Arrangement of Abutment Wall:-

1. Geometry Model:-

2.Foundation Assigned:-

3. Wall Assigned:-

4. Support Assigned Plate mate:-

5. figure before Load assign:-

6.Soil load on Foundation:-

7. Applied the hydrostatic load:-

8. Perform Analysis:-

9. Run the Model:-

10. Base Pressure:-

11. SQX Plate Stress:-

12. MX local Plate Stress:-

13. 3D Model of the wall:-

14. Passive Earth Pressure Diagram:- the vertical wall moves towars backfill & failture wedge moves toward upword & soil resistance moves download.

Report:-