WES Theoretical Manual, Appendix B: Notation

Appendix B continues the example calculations, including a sliding stability analysis in which a wedge of the foundation is checked against sliding, and it defines the notation used throughout the manual.

Cellular cofferdam analysis uses many related quantities, such as heights, forces, earth pressure coefficients, and lengths, and the same letter can mean different things in different parts. Keep this appendix open when you read the equations in the later parts, so you do not mix up the symbols.