DISTRIBUTION OF EARTH PRESSURE ON A RETAINING WALL

On the basis of Coulomb's concept that the earth pressure against the back of a retaining wall is due to the thrust exerted by a sliding wedge of soil between the back of the wall and a plane which passes through the bottom edge of the wall and has an inclination of 0, a differential equation of first order is set up by considering the equilibrium of the forces on an element of the wedge. A theoretical result for the unit earth pressure on a retaining wall is obtained. A comparison is made between Coulomb's formula and the formula presented here, and the earth pressure calculated by the formula presented here is also compared with experimental observations. (A)

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  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • WANG, Y-Z
• Publication Date: 2000-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 83-8
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Earth pressure; Mathematical models; Retaining walls; Soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Active earth pressure
• ITRD Terms: 5726: Earth pressure (active); 6473: Mathematical model; 3359: Retaining wall; 4156: Soil
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792949
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 31 2000 12:00AM