- Determine the Rankine active force, Pa, per unit length of the wall and the location of the resultant.
- Determine the Rankine active force, Pa, per unit length of the wall and the location of the resultant.
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Transcribed Image Text:▪ Determine the Rankine active force, Pa, per unit length of the wall and the location
of the resultant.
H
H₁
Surcharge = q
Sand
71
Frictionless wall
-0
Sand
y (saturated unit weight)
65
<=0
Groundwater table
Problem
H₁
H
7₁
14.13 21 ft 4 ft 109 lb/ft
14.14
7₂
121.5 lb/ft³
8 m 3 m 13 kN/m 18.8 kN/m³
K
=tan
φ
$2
(deg) (deg)
9
26
26
0
30
30 16 kN/m²
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