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 𝑃𝑽
Forces Acting: 𝑊𝟏
𝑊𝟐
W = all weights transmitted to the base

P = total hydrostatic pressure on the

vertical projection of the 1-m length.
𝑃𝒉𝟏 𝑃𝒉𝟐

U = upward force of water on the

base due to seepage. 𝒕𝒐𝒆

𝑅𝒙 γ𝒉𝟐
γ𝒉𝟏
Forces Reacting:
Factor of Safety Against
𝑹𝒙 = horizontal component of the 𝑼
reaction at the base 𝑅𝒚 Sliding:
μ𝑅𝒚
𝑹𝒚 = vertical component of the Factor of Safety Against 𝑭. 𝑺. =
Overturning: 𝑅𝒙
reaction at the base 𝑅𝑀
𝑭. 𝑶. = 𝑂𝑀
𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑

𝑅𝒚
𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑

𝑅𝒚
𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑

𝑅𝒚
𝑅𝒚
 𝑅𝑀−𝑂𝑀
𝒙ഥ = 𝑅𝒚 𝑅𝒚 𝟔𝒆
𝐵 𝒒= (1 ± )
𝐵 𝐵 𝐵
𝒆= − 𝒙ഥ 𝟐
𝟐
𝐵 𝑷 𝑴𝒄
𝒒= ± 𝐴 𝐼
𝟔

𝑅𝒚 𝟔(𝑅𝒚 )(𝒆)
𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝒒 = 𝐵(1) ±
𝒕𝒐𝒆 1(𝐵2 )

𝑞𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒆 ഥ
𝒙 𝑅𝒚
𝑞𝒎𝒂𝒙 𝟔𝒆
𝒒= 𝐵
(1 ± 𝐵
)
𝑅𝒚
 𝑅𝑀−𝑂𝑀
𝒙ഥ = 𝑅𝒚 2𝑅𝒚
𝐵 𝒒=
𝐵 3ഥ
𝒙
𝒆= − 𝒙ഥ 𝟐
𝟐
𝐵 1
𝑅𝒚 = 2
𝟑ഥ
𝒙 𝑞𝒎𝒂𝒙
𝟔

2𝑅𝒚
𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑩/𝟑 𝑞𝒎𝒂𝒙 = 3ഥ
𝒙
𝒕𝒐𝒆
𝑞𝒎𝒊𝒏 = 𝟎 𝑅𝒚
𝒆 ഥ
𝒙 𝑞𝒎𝒂𝒙

𝟑ഥ
𝒙
 𝟎. 𝟔
𝟏. 𝟔𝟒

𝟏 𝑊𝟏
𝑊𝟐
𝑃𝑽
2. 𝟐𝟓
6. 𝟔
𝟒. 𝟓

𝑃𝒉
𝟐. 𝟒 𝒕𝒐𝒆

𝟎. 𝟔 𝟗. 𝟖𝟏 𝟒. 𝟓
= 𝟐𝟔. 𝟒𝟖𝟕
𝑼
 𝟎. 𝟔
𝟏. 𝟔𝟒

𝑶𝑴= 𝑃𝒉 4.5 +𝑈 (2)

𝟏 𝑊𝟏
𝑊𝟐
𝑃𝑽 3
2. 𝟐𝟓 𝑶𝑴= 𝟐𝟐𝟖. 𝟒𝟔 𝒌𝑵 − 𝒎
6. 𝟔 1
𝟒. 𝟓 R𝐌= 𝑊𝟏 (0.3) + 𝑊𝟐 (0.6 + 3 (2.4))
𝑃𝒉 + 𝑃𝑽 (3 - 1 (1.64))
3
𝟐. 𝟒 𝒕𝒐𝒆
R𝐌= 𝟑𝟕𝟕. 𝟖𝟒 𝐤𝐍 − 𝐦
𝟎. 𝟔 𝟗. 𝟖𝟏 𝟒. 𝟓
= 𝟐𝟔. 𝟒𝟖𝟕 𝑅𝑀 𝟑𝟕𝟕.𝟖𝟒
𝑭. 𝑶. = = = 1.65
𝑂𝑀 𝟐𝟐𝟖.𝟒𝟔
𝑼

μ𝑅𝒚 𝟎.𝟓𝟏(𝟐𝟕𝟔.𝟏𝟕)
𝑭. 𝑺. = 𝑅𝒙
= = 1.42
𝟗𝟗.𝟑𝟑
 𝟎. 𝟔
𝟏. 𝟔𝟒

𝑅𝑀−𝑂𝑀
𝐵 𝒙ഥ = 𝑅𝒚
= 𝟏. 𝟓
𝟐
6. 𝟔 377.84−228.46
𝟒. 𝟓 𝒙ഥ = 𝟐𝟕𝟔.𝟏𝟕
𝒙ഥ = 0.54 𝑚
𝟐. 𝟒 𝒕𝒐𝒆
𝐵 3
𝑅𝒙 𝒆= − 𝒙ഥ = − 𝟎. 𝟓𝟒
𝟐 𝟐

ഥ
𝒙 𝒆 = 𝟎. 𝟗𝟔 𝒎
𝑅𝒚 𝐵 3
𝑞𝒎𝒊𝒏 = 𝟎 = = 𝟎. 𝟓
2𝑅𝒚 𝟐(𝟐𝟕𝟔.𝟏𝟕) 𝟔 𝟔
𝑞𝒎𝒂𝒙 = = = 340.95 𝑘𝑃𝑎 𝒆 > 𝑩/𝟔
3ഥ
𝒙 3(𝟎.𝟓𝟒)

𝑞𝒕𝒐𝒆 = 340.95 𝑘𝑃𝑎

 𝟎. 𝟔
𝟏. 𝟔𝟒

𝐵
= 𝟏. 𝟓
𝟐
6. 𝟔
𝟒. 𝟓

𝟐. 𝟒 𝒕𝒐𝒆

𝑅𝒙

ഥ
𝒙

𝑅𝒚
 𝟑 𝟏

𝑊𝟏
𝟏𝟎
𝑊𝟐

20

𝑃𝒉

𝒕𝒐𝒆 𝒙 𝟑

𝟐𝟎
𝑶𝑴= 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐 ( ) = 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟖𝟎
𝟑 𝟐
𝑹𝑴= 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟐. 𝟔𝟒 (𝒙 +𝟏. 𝟓) + 𝟐𝟑𝟓. 𝟒𝟒𝒙 ( )(𝒙)
𝑅𝑿 = 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐 𝒌𝑵
𝟑
𝟐 𝑅𝒚 = 𝟒𝟏𝟒𝟐. 𝟗𝟏 𝒌𝑵
𝑅𝑀 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟐.𝟔𝟒(𝒙+𝟏.𝟓 ) + 𝟐𝟑𝟓.𝟒𝟒𝒙(𝟑
)(𝒙)
𝑭. 𝑶. = ; 𝟑 = 𝑶𝑴 = 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟖𝟎 𝐤𝐍 − 𝐦
𝑂𝑀 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟖𝟎 𝑹𝑴 = 𝟑𝟗𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝐤𝐍 − 𝐦
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟐 𝒎 𝑩 = 𝟏𝟒. 𝟓𝟐 𝒎
 𝑅𝑿 = 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐 𝒌𝑵 𝟑 𝟏
𝑅𝒚 = 𝟒𝟏𝟒𝟐. 𝟗𝟏 𝒌𝑵 𝑩 𝟏𝟒.𝟓𝟐 = 𝟐. 𝟒𝟐 𝒎
𝑶𝑴 = 𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟖𝟎 𝐤𝐍 − 𝐦 𝟔
= 𝟔
𝑹𝑴 = 𝟑𝟗𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝐤𝐍 − 𝐦 𝑊𝟏
𝑊𝟐 𝟏𝟎 𝒆 < 𝑩/𝟔
𝐵
= 𝟕. 𝟐𝟔
𝟐
20 𝑅𝒚 𝟔𝒆
𝒒= (1 ± )
𝑃𝒉 𝐵 𝐵

𝟒𝟏𝟒𝟐.𝟗𝟏 𝟔(𝟎.𝟗𝟐)
𝒕𝒐𝒆 𝒙 = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟐 𝟑 𝑞𝒎𝒂𝒙 = 14.52
(1 + 14.52 )
𝟔. 𝟑𝟒 𝑅𝒚
𝟒𝟏𝟒𝟐.𝟗𝟏 𝟔(𝟎.𝟗𝟐)
μ𝑅𝒚 𝟎.𝟔(𝟒𝟏𝟐𝟒.𝟗𝟏) 𝑞𝒎𝒊𝒏 = (1 − 14.52 )
𝑭. 𝑺. = = = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟔 14.52
𝑅𝒙 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐
𝑅𝑀−𝑂𝑀 𝟑𝟗𝟐𝟒𝟎−𝟏𝟑𝟎𝟖𝟎 𝒒𝒎𝒂𝒙 = 𝟑𝟗𝟐. 𝟎𝟖 𝐤𝐏𝐚 = 𝒒𝒕𝒐𝒆
𝒙ഥ = = = 6.34
𝑅𝒚 𝟒𝟏𝟒𝟐.𝟗𝟏 = 𝒒𝒎𝒂𝒙
𝒒𝒎𝒊𝒏 = 𝟏𝟕𝟔. 𝟎𝟗 𝐤𝐏𝐚
𝐵 𝟏𝟒.𝟓𝟐
𝒆= − 𝒙ഥ = − 𝟔. 𝟑𝟒 = 0.92 m
𝟐 𝟐