Splitrings - The navy document was extremely helpful! I wish I had known that was helpful.
FixedEarth - The navy manual that was provided gives the following information for CH soils: friction angle = 19 degrees, Unit weight = 75-105 lb/ft3. I'm going to go with the sliding friction...
Additionally: on one side of the wall, I'm retaining roughly 13.5 feet of clay. On the other side, I'm retaining only a few feet of clay. I have the heel set at the side retaining 13.5 feet of clay.
I'm designing a retaining wall that's roughly 18 foot high. It bears into a stiff to very stiff clay with a coefficient of friction of 0.35 and a bearing pressure of 2500 psf. The unit weight of the soil is roughly 90 pcf. I'm having a difficult time getting a sliding check to work and I'm...
