EARTH PRESSURES FOR BILINEAR BACKFILL SURFACE

The author first discusses the calculation and a grapho-analytical method for the determination of earth pressures on vertical, straight and broken back-faces of earth retaining walls, based on Coulomb's classical earth pressure theory in noncohesive as well as cohesive soils. The broken back face of the wall can be graphically converted into the equivalent unbroken back face of the wall by several methods. These methods are facilitated by the author's tables, which are described in some detail.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Discussers:
  • Jumikis, A R
• Publication Date: 1965-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 236-238
• Serial:
  • Journal of Soil Mechanics & Foundations Div
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue Number: SM4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Backfilling; Calculation; Data tables; Earth pressure; Retaining walls; Surfaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation; Surface area
• Old TRIS Terms: Backfills
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095455
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Discussion
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM