Overview

About the Calculator

The ClearCalcs Cantilever Retaining Wall Calculator provides fast, customisable design and analysis calculations for IBC. The calculator assumes no shear key, no soil inclined behind the structure, and does not include wind or earthquake loads. Rankine theory is used to determine lateral earth pressure, and retained soil is assumed to be in the active state, with soil cover in front of the retaining wall toe in the passive state. Concrete detailing needs to be checked separately.

Cantilever retaining wall design to IBC 2018 and ACI 318-14

Fast, customizable cantilever retaining wall design and analysis calculations for the International Building Code (IBC) 2018 and the ACI 318-14 Concrete Code requirements.

Fast and accurate cantilever retaining wall design with easy-to-use input

ClearCalcs makes cantilever retaining wall design easy, with minimal input required for wall height and thickness footing to get the first result in only seconds.

Integrated lateral pressure methods for your retaining wall design

ClearCalcs integrate common methods for calculating lateral pressure for cantilevered retaining wall design including Equivalent Fluid Pressure Method, Rankine Method, and Coulomb Method.

Customizable reinforcement properties

Easily modify your reinforcement properties to optimize your cantilever retaining wall design.

Traffic light checks for cantilever retaining wall design

Get instant results for your cantilever retaining wall design for the sliding factor of safety, overturning factor of safety, and soil allowable bearing capacity.

Why ClearCalcs?

Frustration to Flow

See how ClearCalcs transforms structural calculations from a tedious, error-prone chore into an efficient, stress-free process.

With spreadsheets and clunky software

Frustration, fuss, and fragile formulas—the old way of engineering calculations that holds you back

Struggle with endless spreadsheets and custom formulas.

Building codes change, but outdated software and spreadsheets don’t.

Triple-check and verify manual input at every turn.

Old software feels like a maze, with unclear settings, limited templates, and rigid interfaces.

With ClearCalcs

Effortless, efficient engineering calculations at your fingertips.

100+ pre-built calculators for different materials.

Every calculation comply with the latest codes and standards.

Forget the worry of “black box” calculations; verify calculators with inline formulas, codes, and checks.

Intuitive tools built to your workflow, plus unmatched customer support.

How It Works

Your code-compliant calculator

Tired of complex calculations? ClearCalcs Calculator Library keeps it simple, secure and code-compliant – so you can calculate with confidence.

Save time with ready-to-use templates for wood, steel, and concrete

ClearCalcs offers an extensive library of easy-to-use calculators for beams, columns, and footings, designed to make structural calculations simpler and faster.

Choose from a wide range of pre-configured beam and column options, complete with automatic member sizing, so you can quickly reach reliable designs and reduce rework.

Beams

Columns

Foundations

Walls

Loads

Dynamically track your load paths from roof to foundation

No need to copy and paste reactions between calculations! If the top calculator's reactions change, the loads being inherited onto the lower calculator will update automatically. This includes all loads such as dead, live, snow, seismic, and wind.

Submit professional reports for permit review

ClearCalcs is not only easy to use, but also easy to check! All calculations follow an easy to understand traffic light check system, with multiple levels of detail available giving you the choice of printing every step of the calculation and all code and standard references, or simply a compact, one-page print out.

Report heading includes your project name and address

Easily upload your organization logo for a professional report

Use custom PDF upload to merge additional documents to your structural calculations

Download a sample report

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Cantilever Retaining Wall (IBC 2018, ASCE 7-16)