Solve Only Problem 8 7. A 6.0-m-high retaining wall with a vertical back retains a homogeneous saturated clay.The specific weight of saturated clay is 1.90 ton/m3. Laboratory tests indicate that theUndrained shear strength Cu of the clay is 1.71 ton/m2a) Make the necessary calculations and draw the variation of the active Rankine pressure onthe wall with respect to depthb)Find the depth at which a tension crack can occur.c) Determine the total active pressure per unit length of wall before a crack occurs. strain. YDetermine the total active pressure per unit length of wall after the crack occurs. straind)= 1.94 ton/m³Y SATC = 1.71 ton/m²$ = 0°H = 6.0 m8.- Solve the problem above assuming that the padding is supporting an overhead of 0.98 ton/m2

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

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Solve Only Problem 8

7. A 6.0-m-high retaining wall with a vertical back retains a homogeneous saturated clay.
The specific weight of saturated clay is 1.90 ton/m3. Laboratory tests indicate that the
Undrained shear strength Cu of the clay is 1.71 ton/m2
a) Make the necessary calculations and draw the variation of the active Rankine pressure on
the wall with respect to depth
b)
Find the depth at which a tension crack can occur.
c) Determine the total active pressure per unit length of wall before a crack occurs. strain. Y
Determine the total active pressure per unit length of wall after the crack occurs. strain
d)
= 1.94 ton/m³
Y SAT
C = 1.71 ton/m²
$ = 0°
H = 6.0 m
8.- Solve the problem above assuming that the padding is supporting an overhead of 0.98 ton/m2

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