A 4.5 m high retaining wall is restrained from yielding. The wall supporting a horizontal overconsolidated soil having a unit weight of 17.4 KN/m3 with an angle of friction of 30°. Groundwater table is located 3 meters below the ground surface. Saturated unit weight of soil is 18.2 KN/m3. The soil has an overconsolidation ratio of 2. Compute the coefficient of earth pressure at rest. Compute the lateral force per unit length of wall Determine the location of the resultant force from the bottom of the wall.

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A 4.5 m high retaining wall is restrained from yielding. The wall supporting a horizontal overconsolidated soil having a unit weight of 17.4 KN/m3 with an angle of friction of 30°. Groundwater table is located 3 meters below the ground surface. Saturated unit weight of soil is 18.2 KN/m3. The soil has an overconsolidation ratio of 2.

 

Compute the coefficient of earth pressure at rest.

Compute the lateral force per unit length of wall

Determine the location of the resultant force from the bottom of the wall.

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