Question: A gravity retaining wall is shown in the figure below. Calculate the factor of safety with respect to overturning and sliding, given the following data:

A gravity retaining wall is shown in the figure below. Calculate the factor of safety with respect to overturning and sliding, given the following data:
Wall dimensions: H=6m,x1=0.6m,x2=2m,x3=2m,
x4=0.5m,x5=0.75m,x6=0.8m,D=1.5m
Soil properties:
1=16.5kNm3,1'=32,2=18kNm3
n'=22,n=40kNm2
Use Coulomb's active earth pressure in your calculation and let '=231'. Use concrete=23.58kNm3. Also, use k1=k2=23 and Pp=0 in equation
FS(sliding)=(??V)tan(k12')+Bk2c2'+PpPacos
For 1'=32,=0,=71.57,Ka=0.45,'=21.33.
(Enter your answers to three significant figures.)
FS(overturning)=
FS(sliding)=
A gravity retaining wall is shown in the figure

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