Name: Franz M De Guzman Professor: Dean Florante Magnaye

Section: CE1 Date: 9/16/2022

Problem Set No. 1
Lateral Earth Pressure
A vertical wall 6.0 m high supports a cohesionless backfill with a horizontal surface. The backfill soil’s
unit weight and angle of internal friction are 17.2 kN/m3 and 31°, respectively, and the angle of wall
friction between backfill and wall is 20°. Find the total active earth pressure against the wall.

𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛:
∅ = 31°
𝛽 = 20°
𝐾𝑁
𝛾 = 17.2
𝑚3
𝐻 = 6.0 𝑚
𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛:

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 − √cos2 𝐵 − cos2 ∅

Ka = cos𝛽 ( )
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 + √cos2 𝐵 − cos2 ∅
Ka = 0.393 ; store value to A
1
P = (17.2)(0.393)(6)2
2
𝐊𝐍
𝐏𝐚 = 𝟏𝟐𝟏. 𝟖𝟎
𝐦
𝟔
𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐫 = = 𝟐 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥
𝟏
𝟑