Find the passive force P p per unit length of the wall using Zhu and Qian’s method of triangular slices.

Question

Want to see the full answer?

Answer 1

Question

Chapter 14, Problem 14.3P

To determine

Find the passive force Pp per unit length of the wall using Zhu and Qian’s method of triangular slices.

Expert Solution & Answer

Want to see the full answer?

Check out a sample textbook solution

See solution

Students have asked these similar questions

6. Details of a retaining wall are shown in the figure below. The unit weight of the wall material is 23 kN/m³. Assume a reduction factor K = 2/3 to consider the cohesion and friction angle at the base slab. Check the stability of the wall in terms of overturning and sliding failure. Use Rankine's theory to compute the active earth pressure. 6.5 m tu 1 2 m Yc = 23 kN/m³ 4 m -1.5m - Soil 2 Y2 = 17 kN/m³ ₂ = 10 kN/m² P2 = 25° a = 15⁰ Soil 1 Y₁ = 16 kN/m³ c₁ = 0 kN/m² 4₁ = 30°

1- Figure below shows a retaining wall. Determine the magnitude of the lateral earth force per unit length for the following conditions: 1) At-rest force 2) Active force Also, find the location of the resultant, 7, measured from the bottom of the wall. H (ft) y (lb/ft') 15 19 120 Sand Unit weight = y (or density = p) %3D H c' = 0 8' (angle of wall friction) = 0

It was found that the backfill against a retaining wall (6 meters in height as shown in Figure 3) has specify weight y= 16 kN/m³ when its water content w= 5 %, S = 0.12, its internal friction angle was measured as 30° (take G,= 2.7 and xw = 10 kN/m³). a. Predict distribution of lateral stress on this retaining wall along its depth in its “at rest" state, and its resultant force. b. Rain leads the backfill water content increase to 10% in its upper half, and saturated in its lower half, find and plot its lateral stress and pore pressures along its depth in an active state.