An anchored sheet pile wall supports a mass of soil 7.3m high with a horizontal surface. The angle of friction of the soil is 31o with a unit weight of 1.96 g/cm^3. The total height of the sheet pile is 10.5m which is supported by an anchor bolt placed 1.2m below the ground surface which has a spacing of 3m center-to-center. (a) Compute the active force (b) Compute the fraction of the theoretical maximum passive resistance of the total  embedded length which must be mobilized for equilibrium. (c) Compute the tension in the anchor bolt.

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An anchored sheet pile wall supports a mass of soil 7.3m high with a horizontal surface. The angle of friction of the soil is 31o with a unit weight of 1.96 g/cm^3. The total height of the sheet pile is 10.5m which is supported by an anchor bolt placed 1.2m below the ground surface which has a spacing of 3m center-to-center.

(a) Compute the active force
(b) Compute the fraction of the theoretical maximum passive resistance of the total 
embedded length which must be mobilized for equilibrium.
(c) Compute the tension in the anchor bolt.

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