Question: 2 . 0 An 8 . 5 - m high retaining wall with a vertical back face retains a homogeneous saturated soft clay. The saturated

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An 8.5-m high retaining wall with a vertical back face retains a homogeneous saturated soft clay. The saturated unit weight of the clay is 19.6kNm3. Laboratory tests showed that the undrained shear strength, cu, of the clay is 22kNm2.
a. Make the necessary calculations and draw the variation of Rankine's active pressure on the wall with depth. (Note draw the pressure diagram)
b. Find the depth up to which tensile crack can occur.
c. Determine the total active force per unit length of the wall before the tensile crack occurs.
d. Determine the total active force per unit length of the wall after the tensile crack occurs. Also find the location of the resultant.
2 . 0 An 8 . 5 - m high retaining wall with a

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