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
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Discussion:
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Rajashri said:   6 years ago
It's correct.

Lateral earth pressure means horizontal earth pressure, which is proportional to phi in rest, active and also in the passive state both in Rankine's and Columb's theory.

@Rest=1-sin π.
@active=1-sinπ/1+sinπ,

And @passive = 1+sin&π/1-sinπ.

Adwaya K Sarkar said:   6 years ago
I think the correct is E.

Sandeep said:   7 years ago
Option c is right, because it asks about pressure, not pressure intensity.

Uttu said:   7 years ago
According to me, C is the correct answer.

Yashwant meena said:   7 years ago
Option D is correct. I agree with the given answer.

Aaqib xargar said:   7 years ago
P=1/2ka γ h^2.

So, lateral earth pressure is directly proportional to the square of the depth of the soil.

Swapnil Raut said:   7 years ago
C is the correct answer.

Mohammad Nasir said:   7 years ago
I think the right answer is B. Because it depends upon the depth of soil.p=ka*γ*h.

Rabindra said:   7 years ago
I think the answer is option E.

Yash said:   8 years ago
Lateral earth pressure means horizontal pressure. So it is Ka*H which is answer b. But if it was asked total earth pressure then answer would be C.
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