Table 16. Thickness of Cutting Edges for Selected Cases 



Case 



i 



2 



3 



4 



Soil Category 



A 



A 



C 



C 



Anchor Width, B(m) 



43 



26 



60 



37 



Cutting Edge 

 Length, Z(m) 



4 



10 



6 



15 



Z/B 



0.1 



0.4 



0.1 



0.4 



Laterial Load on 



Edge per Unit Width 

 R T (kips/ft) 

 P (kN/m) 



5.18 

 75.60 



35.0 

 510.3 



31.3 

 456.8 



131.3 

 1916.2 



Maximum Bending Moment 

 per Unit Width 

 Mj (kip ft/ft) 

 v (m.MN/m) 



48.700 

 0.217 



784.50 

 3.49 



413.00 

 1.84 



4217.0 

 19.0 



Cutting Edge Thickness 

 Required, t 

 Concrete (m) 

 Steel (m) 



0.41 

 0.20 



1.27 

 0.61 



0.92 

 0.46 



2.69 



1.40 



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