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Overburden Calculations for Trench Stability

1. The document presents calculations to check the stability of a 3m deep trench and shaft excavation with a toe level of 120mRL. 2. It calculates the active and passive pressures on the wall considering drained and undrained soil conditions, groundwater levels, soil properties from site investigations, and a 10kPa surcharge. 3. The total active bending moment of 303.4kNm/m is less than the total resisting moment of 398kNm/m from passive pressure plus a wall bending capacity of 45kNm/m. The stability check is satisfactory.

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Overburden Calculations for Trench Stability

1. The document presents calculations to check the stability of a 3m deep trench and shaft excavation with a toe level of 120mRL. 2. It calculates the active and passive pressures on the wall considering drained and undrained soil conditions, groundwater levels, soil properties from site investigations, and a 10kPa surcharge. 3. The total active bending moment of 303.4kNm/m is less than the total resisting moment of 398kNm/m from passive pressure plus a wall bending capacity of 45kNm/m. The stability check is satisfactory.

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TOE STABILITY CHECK_SLS

Project: NUS E7 Designer: LEE


Section: 3.0 m deep TRENCH & SHAFT Date: 17/5/2019
Borelog: BH-01 Overburden Calculations on Active Pressure
σv'
Unit σv (kPa
Trench top Level = 125 mRL Soil Type top bottom Weight (kPa) ) last strut
Water Level on Active Side = 125 mRL FILL 125.0 124.1 18 16.2 7.2
Water level on Passive Side = 122 mRL F2 124.1 124.1 19 16.2 0 h1
a x1
Lowest Strut Level = 124.1 mRL 124.1 124.1 0 16.2 0
mRL
P1
Excavation Level = 122
Wall Toe Level = 120 mRL h
Mobilization Factors for Drained = 1
Mobilization Factors for Undrained = 1
Surcharge = 10 kPa b
Water specific weight = 10 kN/m3

Active Pressures
Level (mRL) Soil Parameters Mobilised Parameters Water Over burden Horizontal Stresses Active Forces Moment
botto Drained/ Unit cu c' cu Top u Bot u cw/cu Top σv or Bot σv or Active- Active-Bot Ma
Soil Type top m Undrained Weight (kPa) (kPa) φ' (o) (kPa) c' (kPa) φ' (o) (kPa) (kPa) or cw/c' Ka σv' (kPa) σv' (kPa) Top (kPa) (kPa) P1 (kN/m) x1 (m) (kNm/m)
FILL 124.1 123.5 Drained 18 0 1 30 0 1 30 9.00 15.00 0.50 0.33 7.2 12.0 13.5 21.1 10.4 0.32 3.3
G(V),N=100 123.5 120.0 Drained 20 0 10 35 0 10 35 15.00 50.00 0.50 0.27 12.0 47.0 8.7 53.2 108.3 2.77 300.0
Total Active Moment = 303.4 kNm/m

Passive Pressures
Level (mRL) Soil Parameters Mobilised Parameters Water Over burden Horizontal Stresses Passive Forces Moment

botto Drained/ Unit cu c' cu Top u Bot u cw/cu Top sv or Bot sv or Passive- Passive- Mp
Soil Type top m Undrained Weight (kPa) (kPa) φ' (o) (kPa) c' (kPa) φ' (o) (kPa) (kPa) or cw/c' Kp sv' (kPa) sv' (kPa) Top (kPa) Bot (kPa) P1 (kN/m) x1 (m) (kNm/m)
G(VI),N=100 122 120.0 Drained 20 0 10 35 0 10 35.00 0.00 20.00 0.50 3.69 0.0 20.0 12.2 106.1 118.3 3.36 398.0
Total Passive Moment = 398.0 kNm/m
Wall Bending Moment Capacity = 45 kNm/m
Check: (Mp + Mw) / Ma = 1.46 > 1.0 = > OK!

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