All parameters given, no surcharge, no water table
Wall Overturning
Evaluates overturning stability of cantilever retaining walls by computing the factor of safety as the ratio of resisting to overturning moments about the wall toe. Uses Rankine active earth pressure (Ka) to determine lateral forces from backfill and surcharge, and sums stabilising moments from the self-weight of the stem, base slab, and backfill soil per AS 4678 and Eurocode 7.
9 fields
4 archetypes
with-tool
5 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
9 inputs to 5 scored outputs
wall_height_m
floatHeight of the wall stem above the base slab
2 to 10mbase_width_m
floatTotal width of the base slab
1.5 to 8mstem_thickness_m
floatThickness of the wall stem
0.2 to 1mbase_thickness_m
floatThickness of the base slab
0.3 to 1.2mbackfill_friction_angle_deg
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardEffective friction angle of the backfill soil
20 to 45degreesbackfill_unit_weight_kn_m3
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardUnit weight of the backfill soil
15 to 22kN/m³concrete_unit_weight_kn_m3
floatUnit weight of the reinforced concrete
23 to 25kN/m³surcharge_kpa
floatoptionalUniform surcharge load on the backfill surface
0 to 30kPawater_table_depth_m
floatoptionalDepth to water table from the top of the wall
0 to 20m
Rankine active earth pressure coefficient Ka
Total active force per metre of wall Pa (kN/m)
Overturning moment about the toe Mo (kNm/m)
Resisting moment about the toe Mr (kNm/m)
Factor of safety against overturning FoS
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
All parameters given, surcharge and water table present
Soil parameters hidden, surcharge and water table present
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
loose_granular_fill
2 contextsLoose granular fill
brisbane-alluvial / darwin-reclaimed
medium_dense_sand
2 contextsMedium dense sand backfill
perth-coastal / hunter-valley-alluvial
dense_gravel
2 contextsDense compacted gravel
sydney-hawkesbury / melbourne-basalt
stiff_clay_fill
2 contextsStiff clay fill
adelaide-stiff / canberra-residual
rendered task
Generation Preview
brisbane-alluvial-loose-granular-fill-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- loose_granular_fill
- site context
- brisbane-alluvial
visible fields
- wall_height_m2 to 10 m
- base_width_m1.5 to 8 m
- stem_thickness_m0.2 to 1 m
- base_thickness_m0.3 to 1.2 m
- concrete_unit_weight_kn_m323 to 25 kN/m³
- surcharge_kpa0 kPa
- water_table_depth_m20 m
withheld schema
Loose granular fill. brisbane-alluvial. Required outputs: ka, active_force_kn_m, overturning_moment_knm_m, resisting_moment_knm_m, factor_of_safety_overturning