All parameters given, stiff soil, low eccentricity expected
Wall Bearing
Checks bearing pressure adequacy beneath a retaining wall base by computing the eccentricity of the resultant vertical load and applying Meyerhof's effective width method (B' = B - 2e). Compares the maximum bearing pressure on the reduced contact area against the allowable bearing capacity, using Meyerhof bearing capacity factors with depth corrections per AS 4678.
8 fields
5 archetypes
with-tool
5 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
8 inputs to 5 scored outputs
base_width_m
floatBase width of the retaining wall footing B
1 to 6mtotal_vertical_load_kn_per_m
floatTotal vertical load on wall base per metre run V
20 to 500kN/mnet_moment_knm_per_m
floatNet moment about base toe per metre run M
10 to 800kN.m/msoil_cohesion_kpa
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardFoundation soil effective cohesion c'
0 to 150kPasoil_friction_angle_deg
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardFoundation soil effective friction angle phi'
0 to 50degreessoil_unit_weight_kn_m3
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardFoundation soil unit weight gamma
14 to 23kN/m³embedment_depth_m
floatoptionalEmbedment depth of wall base below ground surface Df
0.3 to 3mallowable_bearing_capacity_kpa
floatAllowable bearing capacity of the foundation soil q_all
50 to 600kPa
Eccentricity of resultant from base centre e (m)
Meyerhof effective base width B' (m)
Maximum bearing pressure q_max (kPa)
Ultimate bearing capacity q_ult (kPa)
Factor of safety against bearing failure FoS
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
All parameters given, any soil type including soft clay
Soil parameters hidden, agent must infer from site description
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
soft_nc_clay
2 contextsSoft normally consolidated clay
brisbane-alluvial / darwin-estuarine
medium_dense_sand
2 contextsMedium dense sand
perth-coastal / hunter-valley-alluvial
stiff_oc_clay
3 contextsStiff overconsolidated clay
sydney-hawkesbury / adelaide-stiff / melbourne-basalt
dense_sand
2 contextsDense sand
perth-coastal / cairns-coral
firm_clay
2 contextsFirm clay
brisbane-alluvial / melbourne-basalt
rendered task
Generation Preview
brisbane-alluvial-soft-nc-clay-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- soft_nc_clay
- site context
- brisbane-alluvial
visible fields
- base_width_m1 to 6 m
- total_vertical_load_kn_per_m20 to 500 kN/m
- net_moment_knm_per_m10 to 800 kN.m/m
- embedment_depth_m0.5 m
- allowable_bearing_capacity_kpa200 kPa
withheld schema
Soft normally consolidated clay. brisbane-alluvial. Required outputs: eccentricity_m, effective_width_m, max_bearing_pressure_kpa, ultimate_bearing_capacity_kpa, factor_of_safety