A frictionless vertical retaining wall has a height of 4 meters and retains a horizontal surcharge of 11 kPa. The unit weight of the backfill is 15 kN/m3 with cohesion of 8 kN/m2 and an angle of friction of 260. Compute the active force (in kN) after the tensile crack.

A frictionless vertical retaining wall has a height of 4 meters and retains a horizontal surcharge of 11 kPa. The unit weight of the backfill is 15 kN/m3 with cohesion of 8 kN/m2 and an angle of friction of 260. Compute the active force (in kN) after the tensile crack.

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

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A frictionless vertical retaining wall has a height of 4 meters and retains a horizontal surcharge of 11 kPa. The unit weight of the backfill is 15 kN/m³ with cohesion of 8 kN/m² and an angle of friction of 26⁰. Compute the active force (in kN) after the tensile crack.

Answer: 26.82

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