I should re-phrase my question....How do you convert the snow load into surcharge at the top of the wall??? and yes we have had an avalanche "expert" to provide all data. I need to convert this applied snow load to an equivalent soil height ABOVE the already 11 ft of soil we have to retain.
We are designing a Soldier H Pile Retaining wall with Lagging to support 11 ft height of soil at its greatest to 2' at each of the ends of this 61 ft long wall. The wall also needs to have another 10 ft of extended H pile with steel lagging for avalanche control along its entire length. The...
We are examining a force main in a municipality that is approx 2500' long with cleanouts inside of manholes. The problem is that the manholes are not sealed and are in a high water table area where water is in the manhole 365/24/7...........I say eliminate the manholes and re-construct the...
