Question: Consider a vertical wall 3 m high. The soil behind it is a clean loose sand, = 17.6 kN/m3, = 36. The backfill is level.

Consider a vertical wall 3 m high. The soil behind it is a clean loose sand, = 17.6 kN/m3, = 36. The backfill is level. Determine the following: (a) Total force on the wall, at-rest conditions. (b) Location of the resultant. (c) Magnitude of lateral earth pressure at top of wall. (d) Magnitude of lateral earth pressure at base of wall

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