Question: Continuous anchor wall whose ties are spaced at 5 . 0 m , and placed 1 4 m behind the bulkhead are used to restrain

Continuous anchor wall whose ties are spaced at 5.0 m , and placed 14 m behind the bulkhead are used to restrain the top of a steel sheet pile bulkhead, is to resist a force of 209 kN/m of bulkhead. The top of the anchor wall is 0.7 m below the ground surface . Factors of safety of 1.8 for tie force and 2 for passive resistance (ONLY) are considered. The anchor is embedded in the soil whose angle of internal friction is 36\deg , cohesion of 1.3 kPa and unit weight of 17 kN/m^3.(i) How high should the wall be?, and (ii) is the anchor wall design adequate? HINT1: Work with net earth lateral pressure diagrams. HINT2: Use letter 'b' for the height of the wall.

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