TABLE OF CONTENTS The following notation is used in this chapter:
| SYMBOL | DEFINITION |
| a | Horizontal distance from W to the toe of the footing | |
| a max | Peak acceleration at the ground surface | |
| A p | Anchor pull force (sheet pile wall) | |
| c | Cohesion based on a total stress analysis | |
| c ? | Cohesion based on an effective stress analysis | |
| c a | Adhesion between the bottom of the footing and the underlying soil | |
| d 1 | Depth from ground surface to the groundwater table | |
| d 2 | Depth from the groundwater table to the bottom of the sheet pile wall | |
| D | Depth of the retaining wall footing (Secs. 15.2 to 15.4) | |
| D | Portion of the sheet pile wall anchored in soil (Fig. 15.29) | |
| D | Diameter of the pier (Sec. 15.8) | |
| e | Lateral distance from P ? to the toe of the retaining wall | |
| F | Factor of safety | |
| g | Acceleration of gravity | |
| H | Height of the retaining wall (Secs. 15.2 to 15.5) | |
| H | Unsupported face of the sheet pile wall (Fig. 15.29) | |
| H | Distance from the slip surface to ground surface (Sec. 15.8) | |
| k A | Active earth pressure coefficient | |
| k 0 | Coefficient of earth pressure at rest | |
| k p | Passive earth pressure coefficient | |
| L | Length of the slip surface (Sec. 15.8) | |
| M max | Maximum moment in the sheet pile wall | |
| N | Sum of the wall weights W plus P ? (if... |
