I have attached one of the best references I have found to date for retaining wall design. It is a chapter from Peck, Hanson, and Thornburn's Foundation Engineering. This will give you a good place to start and there is an excellent example near the end of the chapter that will walk you through a design step by step. It is in English units hopefully that isn't too much of a problem. You will also need to consult with a geotechnical engineer or at the very least a stamped geotechnical engineering report to obtain the engineering soil properties, e.g. friction angle, bearing pressure, etc. for use in your design. It also sounds like from your problem statement that the material behind the retain wall is different from the material on which your foundation will bear which you will need to account for as well. If there will be vehicular loading, e.g. excavators, behind the wall you need account for the additional loading. In addition to the structural design (shear and moment capacity, connection design) and local stability (sliding, bearing, overturning) of the wall you need to check for global slope stability which is not addressed in the example I have provided. There may be other additional considerations above and beyond those listed here or given in the example you need to consider.
Note the above is only offered as general topic knowledge as in an academic or training setting. It is not and should not be taken as my engineering opinion. You must assess your problem for all plausible failure modes, gather the necessary data, perform calculations, and use your own engineering judgement to complete the design in a safe manner. Finally and respectfully, it is part of our code of ethics as engineers to not practice outside our area of expertise. If you do not feel that you have the level of knowledge required to safely design a structure I recommend that you consult with someone who is more experienced in this area in a professional capacity.
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Michael Whitten P.E., M.ASCE
Bridge Engineer
Baltimore MD
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-09-2024 01:02 PM
From: Alex Thomas
Subject: Advice on a Retaining Wall
A Retaining walls section is attached please anybody advise me about the practice of RCC.
Alex Thomas FIE MASCE
It's used for keeping common Salt ie sodium chloride
for a chemical industry. Salt mining from land. Collection and storing is done by mechanical loaders moving vehicular loading has to be considered. .Roof truss must be connecting to the wall. Separate column bars shall be given. Opinion is sought.
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Alex Thomas R.Eng, C.Eng, M.ASCE
Senior Site Engineer
Geo Structurals Pvt Ltd
CochinAlexThomasR.Eng, C.Eng, M.ASCEIndia
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