PROBLEM

Cantilever designs of earth retaining walls are a common engineering structure. Standard formulas for design often do not catch the particular distribution of stresses which may occur behind these walls.

SOLUTION

A stress/deformation finite element analysis is a quick and efficient way to determine stress distributions of soil material both behind and in a cantilever wall. SVSOLID analysis may be set up quickly and efficiently and provide detailed distributions of stresses and potential deformations for a wide variety of geometric scenarios.

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Stress calculations behind a cantilever wall

Model filename: RetainingWalls > Cantilever.svm

Stress calculations behind a cantilever wall with a road nearby.

Model filename: RetainingWalls > CantileverHigh.svm