(B) Consider a rigid retaining wall with partially backfill with a surcharge. Which one of the following diagrams closely represents the Rankine's active earth pressure distribution against this wall? submerged cohesionless (D) (C)

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The soil profile at a site consists of a 5 m
thick sand layer underline by a c-o soil
Im
Youlk = 16.5 kN/m
as shown in figure. The water table is
found 1 m below the ground level. The
entire soil mass is retained by a concrete
retaining wall and is in the active state.
Yu = 19 kN/m', y = 9.81 kN/m³
4 m
$ = 32°
Y = 18.5 kN/m', Y, = 9.81 kN/m³
3 m
c = 25 kN/m², = 24°
The back of the wall is smooth and
sat
vertical. The total active earth pressure
(expressed in kN/m?) at point A as per
Rankine's theory is
Transcribed Image Text:The soil profile at a site consists of a 5 m thick sand layer underline by a c-o soil Im Youlk = 16.5 kN/m as shown in figure. The water table is found 1 m below the ground level. The entire soil mass is retained by a concrete retaining wall and is in the active state. Yu = 19 kN/m', y = 9.81 kN/m³ 4 m $ = 32° Y = 18.5 kN/m', Y, = 9.81 kN/m³ 3 m c = 25 kN/m², = 24° The back of the wall is smooth and sat vertical. The total active earth pressure (expressed in kN/m?) at point A as per Rankine's theory is
(B)
Consider a rigid retaining wall with
partially submerged
cohesionless
backfill with a surcharge. Which one of
following diagrams closely
represents the Rankine's active earth
distribution against this wall?
the
(C)
pressure
Transcribed Image Text:(B) Consider a rigid retaining wall with partially submerged cohesionless backfill with a surcharge. Which one of following diagrams closely represents the Rankine's active earth distribution against this wall? the (C) pressure
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