TABLE OF CONTENTS The following notation is used in this chapter:
| SYMBOL | DEFINITION | |
| a | Acceleration (Sec. 10.2) | |
| a | Horizontal distance from W to toe of footing | |
| a max | Maximum horizontal acceleration at ground surface (also known as peak ground acceleration) | |
| A p | Anchor pull force (sheet pile wall) | |
| c | Cohesion based on total stress analysis | |
| c ? | Cohesion based on effective stress analysis | |
| c a | Adhesion between bottom of footing and underlying soil | |
| d | Resultant location of retaining wall forces (Sec. 10.1.1) | |
| d 1 | Depth from ground surface to groundwater table | |
| d 2 | Depth from groundwater table to bottom of sheet pile wall | |
| D | Depth of retaining wall footing | |
| D | Portion of sheet pile wall anchored in soil (Fig. 10.9) | |
| e | Lateral distance from P v to toe of retaining wall | |
| F, FS | Factor of safety | |
| FS L | Factor of safety against liquefaction | |
| g | Acceleration of gravity | |
| H | Height of retaining wall | |
| H | Unsupported face of sheet pile wall (Fig. 10.9) | |
| k A | Active earth pressure coefficient | |
| k AE | Combined active plus earthquake coefficient of pressure (Mononobe-Okabe equation) | |
| k h | Seismic coefficient, also known as pseudostatic coefficient | |
| k 0 | Coefficient of earth pressure at rest | |
| k p | Passive earth pressure coefficient | |
| k v | Vertical pseudostatic coefficient | |
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