The retaining wall shown above is subjected to an active earth pressure distribution as illustrsted in the figure. What is the eccentricity of the resultant load acting on this wall (measured from the centre of the wally XX w=240 kN/m length 5m 2m 35 kPa O 0.31 m O 0.61 m O 0.23 m O 0.41 m

The retaining wall shown above is subjected to an active earth pressure distribution as illustrsted in the figure. What is the eccentricity of the resultant load acting on this wall (measured from the centre of the wally XX w=240 kN/m length 5m 2m 35 kPa O 0.31 m O 0.61 m O 0.23 m O 0.41 m

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Chapter13: Lateral Earth Pressure: At-rest, Rankine, And Coulomb

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Problem 13.20P

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The retaining wall shown above is subjected to an active earth pressure distribution as illustrsted in the figure. What is the eccentricity of the resultant load acting on this wall (measured from the centre of the wall)?
XX
w=240 kN/m
5m
length
W
2m
35 kPa
O 0.31 m
O 0.61 m
O 0.23 m
O 0.41 m

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