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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Hail hydra_ulics said:   9 years ago
@Harpreet Singh,

P = 0.5 kwh^2, in this formula P, is lateral pressure force per running meter length of the wall, lateral pressure is proportional to depth and angle of internal friction as well.


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