Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 6)

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

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:

71 comments Page 5 of 8.

Soumen said: 8 years ago

Option C is the right answer.

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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Rabindra said: 7 years ago

I think the answer is option E.

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.

Swapnil Raut said: 7 years ago

C is the correct 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.

Yashwant meena said: 7 years ago

Option D is correct. I agree with the given answer.

Uttu said: 7 years ago

According to me, C is the correct answer.

Sandeep said: 7 years ago

Option c is right, because it asks about pressure, not pressure intensity.

Adwaya K Sarkar said: 7 years ago

I think the correct is E.

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