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This document summarizes the design of a cantilever retaining wall in stiff glacial clay. It presents: 1) The design situation of a 3.5m high retaining wall with a 10kPa surcharge on the retained soil. 2) An initial trial design of an 11m deep wall and calculation of earth pressures, resulting in a moment equilibrium free body diagram. 3) Verification that the "fixed earth" zone near the toe can mobilize sufficient resisting pressure.

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daylight888
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