Module 3 : Method of Analyses
Lecture 14 : Methods of Characteristics [ Section 14.2 : Rankine earth pressure ]
   
Rankine earth pressure
  ----------(3)
  where is the unit weight of the soil
  ----------(4)
 

along a horizontal plane.

at a depth x, integrating equation (3) and (4),

Boundary conditions:

if there is no surcharge, C=0, D=0 at x=0.

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Hence (active conditions) or (passive conditions)
This implies that in passive case, and in active case .where is the inclination of the major principle stress with the x direction.

   
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