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Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 6 (Q.No. 21)
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
21.
A failure wedge develops if a retaining wall
moves away from the backfill
moves towards the backfill
sinks downwards
stresses equally by vertical and horizontal forces.
Answer: Option
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Discussion:
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Sivaram said:   7 years ago
It's downwards not develops.
Shyam kumar said:   6 years ago
Can anyone explain it?
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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