Q-Retaining walls- A 6 m high retaining wall with a vertical back has a backfill of silty sand with a slope of 10° for the backfill with values of KH = 760 kg/m²/m and Ky =100 kg/m²/m, the total active earth pressure will approximately be.

Q-Retaining walls- A 6 m high retaining wall with a vertical back has a backfill of silty sand with a slope of 10° for the backfill with values of KH = 760 kg/m²/m and Ky =100 kg/m²/m, the total active earth pressure will approximately be.

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A 6 m high retaining wall with a vertical back has a backfill of silty sand with a slope of 10° for
the backfill with values of KH = 760 kg/m²/m and Ky =100 kg/m²/m, the total active earth
pressure will approximately be.

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