Module 3 : Method of Analyses
Lecture 14 : Methods of Characteristics [ Section 14.2 : Rankine earth pressure ]
   
  Substituting above two equations in 21 and 22 and solving we get the FINAL EQUATIONS,
  ------eq. I
  ------eq. II
  ------eq. III
  ------eq. IV
 

If in equation II we assume denominator = 0, then,


But, if numerator ≠ 0 then, it represents undefined state of stress at each point in a medium.
So, to have finite state of stress, numerator = 0, then,
i.e. it has number of values which satisfies the condition,

   
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