1 – As a geotechnical engineer, you are planning to design a flexibleretaining wall with the soils, surcharge and groundwater conditionas indicated below, ignore the tension crack and using Rankineanswer the following questions:a) Calculate the magnitude of the resultant forceb) Calculate the location of the resulting force200 psfSAND$-32°Y= 130 RfLOOSE SADDO$= 28°Calculate the depth of tension crack (z)for problem 112' Redo problem 1a assuming the wall cannot yield or bend,Jaky's 1944 approach to lateral earth pressure coefficientuse

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1 – As a geotechnical engineer, you are planning to design a flexible
retaining wall with the soils, surcharge and groundwater condition
as indicated below, ignore the tension crack and using Rankine
answer the following questions:
a) Calculate the magnitude of the resultant force
b) Calculate the location of the resulting force
200 psf
SAND
$-32°
Y= 130 Rf
LOOSE SAD
DO
$= 28°
Calculate the depth of tension crack (z)for problem 1
12'

Redo problem 1a assuming the wall cannot yield or bend,
Jaky's 1944 approach to lateral earth pressure coefficient
use

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