Question

1- State clearly the objectives of designing excel spreadsheet for retaining wall.             

Answer 1

Objectives of designing excel spreadsheet for retaining wall:

1. Through excel sheets, we can minimize data input and design can be carried out efficiently. The less the data that needs to be inserted means the less time needed for data acquisitions.

2. User can choose the most suitable and economic type of retaining wall if all different types of retaining walls are linked in a single excel spreadsheet.

3. Analysis or design of a retaining wall will become easy while considering all the critical load combinations.

4. Investigation can be done using other earth pressure theories instead of considering only Rankine's and Coulomb's earth pressure theory.

4. Designing retaining wall manually is more time consuming and this can be solved using excel spreadsheet where more trials can be carried out in less span of time.