The total active thrust on a vertical wall3 m high retaining a horizontal sandbackfill (unit weight, y, = 20 kN/m³and angle of shearing resistance,0 = 30°) when the water table is at thebottom of the wall, will be

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The total active thrust on a vertical wall 3 m high retaining a horizontal sand backfill (unit weight, y, = 20 kN / m and angle of shearing resistance, = 30°) when the water table is at the bottom of the wall, will be

The total active thrust on a vertical wall 3 m high retaining a horizontal sand backfill (unit weight, y, = 20 kN / m and angle of shearing resistance, = 30°) when the water table is at the bottom of the wall, will be

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Chapter16: Lateral Earth Pressure

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The total active thrust on a vertical wall
3 m high retaining a horizontal sand
backfill (unit weight, y, = 20 kN/m³
and angle of shearing resistance,
0 = 30°) when the water table is at the
bottom of the wall, will be

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