A retaining wall with vertical walls 8.00 m high supports the thrust of a sand with a volumetric weight in its natural stratum of 1800 kg/m3 and an angle of internal friction of 35°. The ground surface is horizontal. Determine the thrust on the wall per metre of depth and mark the forces acting on the wall; neglect the passive thrust

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(Solve the following exercise, showing and explaining step by step to its resolution). A retaining wall with vertical walls 8.00 m high supports the thrust of a sand with a volumetric weight in its natural stratum of 1800 kg/m3 and an angle of internal friction of 35°. The ground surface is horizontal. Determine the thrust on the wall per metre of depth and mark the forces acting on the wall; neglect the passive thrust. 

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