I understand that Hydrostatic pressure and Soil pressure exist cocurrently. I am curous if there are any additional variables at work when calcuating total pressure on a retaining wall.
Full disclaimer: I am not an engineer nor do I pretend to be one. I recognize that these are very basic questions, but I am at the early stages of my understaing. Please be assured I am not and will not attempt to engineer any actual structures.
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[li]Does the pore size limit, in any way, the surface area available for hydrostatic loading on the back of a retaining wall? I assume it does not. It would stand to reason that water under pressure would suspend the soil particles and push its way to the point where most of the surface area on the back of the wall was under a hydrostatic load?[/li]
[li]Soil particules become suspended in water while a hydrostaic load is present. Does this (or any other water related factor) affect the overall soil load or does it remain the same? [/li]
[li]Is the total load on the wall simply (1/2 * H² * γ * Ka) + (1/2 * H² * 62.43) ? (Where γ = the soil density)?[/li]
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Full disclaimer: I am not an engineer nor do I pretend to be one. I recognize that these are very basic questions, but I am at the early stages of my understaing. Please be assured I am not and will not attempt to engineer any actual structures.
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[li]Does the pore size limit, in any way, the surface area available for hydrostatic loading on the back of a retaining wall? I assume it does not. It would stand to reason that water under pressure would suspend the soil particles and push its way to the point where most of the surface area on the back of the wall was under a hydrostatic load?[/li]
[li]Soil particules become suspended in water while a hydrostaic load is present. Does this (or any other water related factor) affect the overall soil load or does it remain the same? [/li]
[li]Is the total load on the wall simply (1/2 * H² * γ * Ka) + (1/2 * H² * 62.43) ? (Where γ = the soil density)?[/li]
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