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Module 3 - Rankine's Active and Passive Pressure With Sloping Backfill
Module 3 - Rankine's Active and Passive Pressure With Sloping Backfill
In the previous modules we considered retaining walls with vertical backs and horizontal backfills. In some cases, however, the
backfill may be continuously sloping at an angle 𝛼 with the horizontal, as shown in the figure for active pressure case. In such
cases, the direction of Rankine’s active or passive pressures is no longer horizontal. Rather, they are inclined at an angle 𝛼 with
the horizontal.
Where
𝐾𝑎 = 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑒 ′ 𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡
Sample Problems: