Abstract:Accompanying with continuous development of the city, foundation pit began to change from the traditional two-dimensional model to three-dimensional space model. Based on three dimensional failure mode of the pit wall soil, damage model of double-layer soil has been deduced. Based on this model, soil plasticity and limit equilibrium theory, calculation formula and relative spacial effect coefficient of earth pressure with considering of spatial effect have been put forward. This formula can be used for designing nailing wall, slope protection pile and underground continuous wall supporting system of foundation pit.