A line of sheet piling is driven 4 m into a firm clay and retains, on one side, a 3 m depth of fill on top of the clay. Water table level is at the surface of the clay. The unit weight of the fill is 18 kN/m³ and the saturated unit weight of the clay is 20 kN/m³. Calculate the active and passive pressures at the lower end of the sheet piling (a) if cu = 50 kN/m², cw = 25 kN/m² and pu=8 = 0 and (b) if c = 10 kN/m². c. = 5kN/m², d' = 26° and 8 = 13°. for the clay.

A line of sheet piling is driven 4 m into a firm clay and retains, on one side, a 3 m depth of fill on top of the clay. Water table level is at the surface of the clay. The unit weight of the fill is 18 kN/m³ and the saturated unit weight of the clay is 20 kN/m³. Calculate the active and passive pressures at the lower end of the sheet piling (a) if cu = 50 kN/m², cw = 25 kN/m² and pu=8 = 0 and (b) if c = 10 kN/m². c. = 5kN/m², d' = 26° and 8 = 13°. for the clay.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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