Lateral Earth Pressure due to Backfill
Subject to an Inclined
Uniformly Distributed Surcharge
Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Defence, University of Calabria
87030 Roges di Rende, Italy
e-mail: venanziogreco@dds.unical.it
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Lateral Earth Pressure due to Backfill
Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Defence, University of Calabria
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In this paper, an analytical method is proposed to calculate the active thrust on retaining walls when the backfill is cohesionless and subject to a uniformly distributed and generally inclined surcharge. A simplified and sufficiently approximate procedure is also proposed to calculate the point of application of the thrust.
Keywords: Active earth pressure, Retaining walls, Stability analysis, Coulomb's method
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