Civilperson,
Perforated pipe and weep holes will be used to ensure good drainage, I think water will not be a issue. Please correct me if I'm wrong. thanks
Sean
Jeff,
The site soil condition varies a lot, in some area there are just silty clay. So we need a long wall with different design considerations. Thanks
Jeff, it's a retaining wall for a parking lot, Height varies from 10 ft to 24ft. Top of wall will not be restained. The rock is weathered sand stone. Also I am interested to know what if it's undisturbed solid rock? Thanks
I need to design a retaining wall 2 ft away from a vertical rock surface. Do I use the full 40 PSF equivalent fluid pressure (for granular fill and good drainage) or I can use a reduced load. I know theoretically fluid pressure is only related to height and not related to width or volume. But in...
My understanding of the perforated shear walls:
1. each segments of the shear wall you count for shear capacity still need to meet the required 3.5:1 ratio.
2. the whole idea of perforated shear wall is to reduce the hold down anchors. these hold downs could we huge and expensive.
3.the...
