- A 15-ft-high retaining wall with a vertical back face retains a homogeneous saturated soft clay. The saturated unit weight of the clay is 133 lb/ft³. Laboratory tests showed that the undrained shear strength, cu, of the clay is 108 Ib/ft² and ø' is 28 degrees. 1) Make the necessary calculation and draw the variation of Rankine's active pressure on the wall with depth. 2) Find the depth up to which tensile crack can occur. 3) Determine the total active force per unit length of the wall after the tensile crack occurs. Also, find the location of the resultant.

- A 15-ft-high retaining wall with a vertical back face retains a homogeneous saturated soft clay. The saturated unit weight of the clay is 133 lb/ft³. Laboratory tests showed that the undrained shear strength, cu, of the clay is 108 Ib/ft² and ø' is 28 degrees. 1) Make the necessary calculation and draw the variation of Rankine's active pressure on the wall with depth. 2) Find the depth up to which tensile crack can occur. 3) Determine the total active force per unit length of the wall after the tensile crack occurs. Also, find the location of the resultant.

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