Civil Engineering - GATE Exam Questions - Discussion

Discussion Forum : GATE Exam Questions - Section 1 (Q.No. 6)
6.
The wall shown in the below figure has failed. The cause of failure or the error made in the design of the failded wall is :
deep slip surface failure
overturning
no proper drainage in the clay backfill
translational failure
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Owoade nelson adeshina said:   1 decade ago
Height of retained soil is more than the retaining wall.

Dileep Barnwal said:   1 decade ago
Retaining wall fail due to sliding and over turning.

Swapnil said:   1 decade ago
What is transnational and deep slip surface failure?

Accurate said:   1 decade ago
Overturning will cause failure of retaining wall.

Shilpa said:   10 years ago
Here proper drainage because weep hole is here.

Anup said:   9 years ago
Because backfill donot have wide rest (heal).

Daya said:   7 years ago
I cannot understand please explain in detail.

Dasarathi bhuyan Bhuyan said:   2 years ago
How it be overturning? Please explain it.

Dastagiri said:   1 decade ago
Retaining wall is not proper so failure.

Purooshottam said:   1 decade ago
By soil pressure wall has overturned.


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