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  1. jeabramian

    Bearing capacity of soils under seawalls

    Thank you for your answer. Here are some additional questions and clarifications. Description -Usually, the top layer is a 10-inch concrete pavement, and the layer below is clayey or silty about 30 ft thick. The foundation layer is either sand or a hardened mix of fine sands, clays, and silts...
  2. jeabramian

    Bearing capacity of soils under seawalls

    Hello everybody, As a port engineer, I frequently have to deal with gravity walls. Usually, the height of these massive concrete structures is 15, 20 m or more. They have water on one side and the water table and different soil layers on the other (including pavement). I checked many soil...
  3. jeabramian

    Bearing capacity of soil below gravity wall

    Dear All, I need to verify an old gravity wall. Let's say the left side is dredged just above the toe and the right side is filled with clay. Foundation layer is sand N=35. Watertable is about in the middle of the height on the right side, and the river is taken to be somewhat below the...

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