SIMPLIFIED PASSIVE EARTH PRESSURE ANALYSIS

In this note, a simple approach using the method of slices is proposed for estimating passive earth pressure coefficients. Inclinations of the interslice forces are varied linearly from the Rankine value in the Rankine zone to the wall friction angle over the length of curved rupture surface. For purely frictional soils, resultant passive earth pressure coefficients agree closely with those obtained using the method of stress characteristics and upper bound limit analysis.

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• Authors:
  • BASUDHAR, P K
  • Madhav, ZMR
• Publication Date: 1988-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 470-474
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 106
  • Issue Number: GT4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Earth pressure; Friction; Life cycle analysis; Method of slices; Rupture surfaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Friction angle
• Old TRIS Terms: Earth pressure theories; Rankine equations; Slices
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00315388
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM