16.1 A 15 ft high vertical wall retains an overconsolidated soil where OC 1.5, c' :...
A smooth, vertical wall is 18 feet high and retains a cohesionless soil with a unit weight of 125 PCF and a friction angle ( t) of 32 The top of the soil is level with the top of the wall and the soil surface carries a uniformly distributed load of 1,200 PSF Use Rankine theory to calculate the total active earth pressure on the wall per linear foot of wall and the location of the active earth pressure.
1. A retaining wall of height 7 m retains soil having an unsurcharged horizontal surface. The soil properties are c' = 0, Ⓡ' = 32, y = 18 kN/m3 and Ysat= 20 kN/m3. i. ii. Determine the distribution of horizontal stresses on the wall and the magnitude of resultant thrust when water table is at 3 m below the ground surface Determine the magnitude of resultant thrust when the water table is well below the base of the wall Determine...
Rankine Theory: An 11-ft-high frictionless wall retains a backfill with = 117 pcf, ’ = 32˚ and c’ = 0. (a) Calculate the Rankine passive force per unit length of wall; (b) Estimate the location of the lateral thrust measured from the bottom of the wall; and (c) Calculate the equivalent fluid pressure for this problem,