We calculated downdrag for abutment drilled shafts based on contribution of the reinforced strap zone of MSE wall and the underneath compressible soils. But the structure engineer said they typically do not consider downdrag in these locations. Is it reasonable?
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There is a building basement in the back of a slope. The basement penetrates the whole height of the slope. I believe there is some effect on the slope stability from the building inertia. But in limit equilibrium analysis, the software cannot consider the inertia coming out of sliding body. If...
Anybody knows how to determine e2 in Equation (5)or sigma2 of ASTM D 4546 Method C for calculation of percent settlement(Negative percent heave)? Looks weird for me. Thank you!
Anyone knows how to deal the case with the negative magnitude inside the square root of Mononobe-Okabe Equation. Can I assume zero when it becomes negative? Thanks!
I have some trouble in data inputing and outputing to a function in Mathcad programming. Is it ok to use matrix as input and output arguments? Is there any way to define some "global" vairable or matrix in Mathcad? Thanks!
Earth pressure coefficient of unyielding wall with flat backfill is simply assumed as 1-sin(fi), but I don't know what I should use if the backfill is slope?
