Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 6)
6.
The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall
is equal to mass of the soil retained
proportional to the depth of the soil
proportional to the square of the depth of the soil
proportional to the internal friction of the soil
none of these.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Laxmi nepal said:   4 years ago
C is the correct answer.

Er.Shubham Powar said:   5 years ago
I think the answer given here is right,

See the problem here, asks about lateral pressure that is major stress and not active or passive earth pressure intensities. As per Bell's Formula on stresses,

P1 = P3* tan^2(α) + 2C*tan(α)

Hence here P1 i.e. Lateral Stress is directly proportional to the angle of internal friction.
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OPSE AEE said:   6 years ago
The correct answer is C.
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Ankur Sharma said:   6 years ago
B is the only correct option.

Skn said:   6 years ago
The option should be C follow Gupta & Gupta having the same question their also.

Rishi said:   6 years ago
Answer C is right.

Directly proportional to the square of depth.

Sashikanta Mohapatra said:   6 years ago
Please explain the right answer.
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Rahul said:   6 years ago
The magnitude of the lateral earth pressure depends upon the movement of the retaining wall relative to the backfill and upon nature of the soil.

Amit said:   6 years ago
Here, option B for pressure.

And C for force.

Tanoy said:   6 years ago
I think C is the right answer.


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