At-rest: A 17-ft-high basement wall retains a backfill with y = 95 pcf, o' = 33°, c' = 0 and OCR = 1.8. (a) Calculate the magnitude of the lateral thrust acting per unit length of wall: (b) Estimate the location of the lateral thrust measured from the bottom of the wall; and (c) Calculate the equivalent fluid pressure for this problem (Ans. 60 pcf). (Problem 13.2, Das and Sobhan 2014)

At-rest: A 17-ft-high basement wall retains a backfill with y = 95 pcf, o' = 33°, c' = 0 and OCR = 1.8. (a) Calculate the magnitude of the lateral thrust acting per unit length of wall: (b) Estimate the location of the lateral thrust measured from the bottom of the wall; and (c) Calculate the equivalent fluid pressure for this problem (Ans. 60 pcf). (Problem 13.2, Das and Sobhan 2014)

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At-rest: A 17-ft-high basement wall retains a backfill with y = 95 pcf, o' = 33°, c' 0 and
OCR = 1.8. (a) Calculate the magnitude of the lateral thrust acting per unit length of wall:
(b) Estimate the location of the lateral thrust measured from the bottom of the wall; and (c)
Calculate the equivalent fluid pressure for this problem (Ans. 60 pcf). (Problem 13.2, Das
and Sobhan, 2014).

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