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To: Engineers:
Thank you very much for your interest in our products and solutions. The purpose of this calculator is to
show the simplicity and ease of designing Terra Aqua Gabions gravity retaining walls. We are using the
familiar Excel environment to illustrate each step of the calculations used in the gabion gravity retaining
walls design analysis for verification.
Additional calculations may have to be performed including and not limiting to global stability
analysis (by Geotechnical Engineer), seismic forces (by Seismic Engineer) and hydraulic forces
(by Hydraulic Engineer). Please check local, State and Federal requirements. The calculator assumes
drained uniformed retained and foundation soil properties. The calculations should be reviewed, checked
and certified by a Professional Engineer. To the best of our knowledge, the calculator and information
was prepared accurately. Terra Aqua is not responsible for the reliability and validity of the geotechnical
parameters assumed in the calculations. The calculator is intended to provide design assistance to the
engineer for the purpose of designing with Terra Aqua products.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or if you are in need of any assistance.
We will assist you in anyway we can.

Colin Glass
Terra Aqua Gabions
5/30/2007

GABION DESIGN
Opis

simboli

Naklon na teren pozadi zid

Angle of internal friction
Wall friction reduction by geotextile
Angle of wall friction
Inklinacija na zidot od vertikala
Naklon na bazata so horizontalata
kohezija
tovar
volumenska tezina na pocva
volumenska tezina na kamenot
poroznost
volumenska tezina na gabionot
Visina na zidot
Dlabina na fundiranje
Sirina na bazata
Dozvolena nosivost

Red #
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

fr

c
q
s
r
v
g
h
Df
B
doz

Vlezni
podatoci
18.00
30.00
20.00
24.00
3.00
93.00
12
10.00
19.00
27.00
30.00
18.90
5.99
1.00
3.0
200.0

edinici

kPa
kPa
kN/m3
kN/m3

zabeleski

<
pozadi zidot
(100-fr)/100
"0" za vertikalna pozadina
90+
kihezijata se ignorira

%
kN/m3
m
m
m
kPa

r(100-v)/100
(hCos) korekcija za inklinacijata
"0" koga se ignorira pasivniot otpor

Sirina

Visina

otstapuvanje

Povrsina

Moment

(m)

(m)

(od "0") (m)

(m)

(m)

(kNm)

(m)

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
1.500
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.000
13.500

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
2.250
2.250
2.000
1.750
1.500
1.500
1.787

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
3.375
3.375
4.000
4.375
4.500
4.500
24.125

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
5.500
4.500
3.500
2.500
1.500
0.500
2.537

1.5
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.0

h=

1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
6.0

1.50
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
0.00

POTPOREN ZID SO GABIONI

12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5

Y
4
3
2
1
0
-1

-1

10

11

12

1 Zemjen pritisok spored teorija na COULOMB

Aktiven zemjen pritisok

sin2

Ka

0.365

124.380

Eah Ea cos( )

116.119

Eav Ea sin ( )

44.574

cos cos
Ka q h
cos

22.230

Eqh Eq cos ( )

20.753

Eqv Eq sin ( )

7.966

3.833

sin sin

sin sin

sin sin 1

Ea

1 2
h Ka
2

Aktiven pritisok od nadvoresen tovar

Eq

Pasiven zemjen pritisok

agol na inklinacija so vertikala
agol na vertikalata so horiz.

Backfill slope
Angle of wall friction

Kp

p
=
p
p
p

3.000
90-p
87.000
0.000
10.000

sin2

sin2 sin 1

sin sin

sin sin

sin2 sin 1

sin sin

Ep

1
D2Kp
2 f

36.413

2.437

hah

h
B sin
3

1.840

hqh

h
B sin
2

2.839

Eah hah Eqhhqh

272.604

WG G A

255.150

XG Y sin X cos

1.917

B sin tan
3

3.092

3.145

0.333

664.243

1.798

216.801

312.526

120.581

0.25

2 Kontrola za prevrtuvanje

Fs

A
0

P
0
A
0

xav B cos

B sin tan
2

D
hph f
3

xqv B cos

P
0

WG xG Eav xav Eqv xqv Ephhph

3 Kontrola za lizganje

Fs

W W

H
H

W tan E

cos

cos Ea sin Eq sin Ep cos

OK

WG sin Ea cos Eq cos

OK

4 Kontrola na ekscentricitetot

M M
P
0

A
0

OK

0.500

5 Kontrola na napreganje

max
min

max =
min

W
B

6e

155.609

kPa

200.00

OK

52.742

kPa

>

0.00

OK

linacijata

iot otpor

Moment
(kNm)

0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
8.250
6.750
7.000
6.250
4.500
1.500
34.250

12

POTPOREN ZID SO GABIONI

12
11
10
9
8
7
6

5
4
3
2
1
0
-1
-1

10

11

12