A retaining wall 7.5 m high, retains a cohesionless horizontal-backfill. The top 3 m. of the fill has a unit weight of 18 kN/m^3 and angle of friction of 30 degrees and  the rest has a unit weight of 24 kN/m^3 and angle of friction of 20 degrees. Compute the intensity oft rmuor the bottom of the wall in kPa. Compute the total active thrust per meter run of the wall. Compute the height of point of application of the thrust above the  wall.

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Graphical Methods

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