Describe about the Typical earth tieback, Anchor is located outside potential failure zone.
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Describe about the Typical earth tieback, Anchor is located outside potential failure zone.
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- 1. A soil anchor 12" in diameter is placed in soil having shear strength of 2.1 tons/sq. ft. The anchorage length is 35 ft. behind the slip plane. Using a factor of safety of 2.0, what is the safe working capacity of the soil anchor based on the shear strength of the soil?Describe the load deformation response of deepfoundations ?Base on the gravity load path of the one-way system shown above, explain what is occurring at each of the labeled points.
- For Questions A and B a temporary earth support wall is supporting a 25 ft excavation. A. Neatly draw the active soil pressure diagram, based on Rankine Theory, behind the wall and show the maximum pressure at the bottom of the temporary wall after completion of the excavation. Also indicate the location of the theoretical slip (failure) plane and its angle from the vertical. The soil is a saturated clay with properties as follows: gsat = 132 pcf, f = 19o c = 450 psf B. Use table 5.5 in the textbook and repeat problem 2 for a medium-dense gravely-sand with the following properties shown on the table: gin-situ = 120 pcf, f = 34o c = 0 psfA trapezoidal masonry dam 4 m on top, 18 m at the bottom and 24 m high has water 20 m deep acting on its vertical upstream face. What is the factor of safety against overturning? Assume weight of masonry to be 2400 kg/m³. a. 2.89b. 5.59c. 2.15d. 3.25A single anchor slab is shown in Figure P14.12. Here, H = 0.9 m, h = 0.3 m, γ = 17 kN/m3, and Φ' = 32º. Calculate the ultimate holding capacity of the anchor slab if the width B is (a) 0.3 m, (b) 0.6 m, and (c) = 0.9 m.
- The excavation shown below will be made on the clay for the construction of a highway. Potential Slope stability analysis is required on the slip plane. The ground is silty clay and c '= 18 kPa,' '= 20o and water = 100 kPa. At point a If the shear stress is 60 kPa, calculate the safety coefficient for this point.A strip footing 10 ft wide is loaded on the ground surface with a pressure equal to 4177 lb/ft 2 . Calculate vertical stresses at depths of 3, 6, and 12 ft under the center of The footing?What are the characteristics of local shear failure ?
