RetainWall provides a soil pressure calculator. Select Calculate > Soil pressure calculator
menu or 
toolbar to open the Soil pressure calculator window. The following window will be
shown.
Parameters required are as follows.
1. Wet density of soil (g)
- The wet density of soil above ground water table.
2. Saturated density of soil (gs) - The saturated density of soil below ground water table.
3. Density of water (gw) - The density of water.
4. Internal friction angle (f)
- The internal friction angle of all soil.
5. Cohesion (c) - The cohesion of all soil.
6. Soil slope (b) -
The slope angle of ground surface.
7. Wall friction angle (d)
- The friction angle of wall and soil.
8. Wall inclination (q)
- The inclination angle of wall surface from vertical.
9. Depth of soil (h) - The depth of soil giving the pressure to the wall measured from the
ground surface adjacent to the wall.
10. Depth of water table (hw)
- The depth of water table measured from the ground surface
adjacent to the wall.
11. Surcharge load (q) - The distributed surcharge on the ground surface.
12. Horizontal seismic coefficient (kh)
- The horizontal seismic coefficient relative to gravity
acceleration (g).
Change the required parameters in the text boxes. Immediate results will be obtained. To
change the units, see Unit system.
Press 
button to print the Soil pressure frame. Press 
button to close
the window.
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