Module 3 : Method of Analyses
Lecture 14 : Methods of Characteristics [ Section 14.2 : Rankine earth pressure ]
   
  Let,
 

Where, is the characteristic stress.
 

---------(17)
  ---------(18)
 


Substituting 17 and 18 in equation 15,

Dividing both sides by ,
 

--------(19)
  Substituting 17 and 18 in equation 16 and dividing both sides by ,
 
--------(20)


  
       
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