Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 6 (Q.No. 21)
21.
A failure wedge develops if a retaining wall
Discussion:
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Vibin said:
5 years ago
When retaining wall moves away from backfill overturning moment is created at the heel. Due to this the heel tries to overturn the backfill thus failure wedge is formed.
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Shyam kumar said:
6 years ago
Can anyone explain it?
Sivaram said:
7 years ago
It's downwards not develops.
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