a retaining wall with a smooth vertical back


A retaining wall with a smooth vertical back retains a purely cohesive fill. Height of wall is 12 m. Unit weight of fill is 20 kN/m3. Cohesion is 1 N/cm2. What is the total active Rankine thrust on the wall? At what depth is the intensity of pressure zero and where does the resultant thrust act?

 

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