Module 2 : Theory of Earth Pressure and Bearing Capacity
Lecture 10 : Point of Application of Passive Earth Pressure [ Section10.1 Rankine's & Coulomb's Theory ]
   
 

Then,

where,

,

K is the lateral pressure coefficient.

Resultant earth pressure on the wall

Total horizontal earth pressure can be given by,

The total shearing force on the wall can be given as,

 
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