A gravity concrete retaining wall with a 3.7 m wide base and back wall inclination of 71°, exerts pressures of 128 kPa at the toe and 85 kPa at the heel. If the base has a friction angle of 18° with the supporting soil. The wall is experiencing a lateral earth force of P3= 123 kN/m wall acting at distance Y of 1.6 m from the base, compute the absolute value of eccentricity in meters (3 dp). NOTE: The shape of the pressure diagram at the base depends on the values of pmin and pmax given in the problem. Toe Нel Pmin

A gravity concrete retaining wall with a 3.7 m wide base and back wall inclination of 71°, exerts pressures of 128 kPa at the toe and 85 kPa at the heel. If the base has a friction angle of 18° with the supporting soil. The wall is experiencing a lateral earth force of P3= 123 kN/m wall acting at distance Y of 1.6 m from the base, compute the absolute value of eccentricity in meters (3 dp). NOTE: The shape of the pressure diagram at the base depends on the values of pmin and pmax given in the problem. Toe Нel Pmin

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter13: Lateral Earth Pressure: At-rest, Rankine, And Coulomb

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