DETERMINATION OF EARTH PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR …

1. The degree of saturation of the wall backfill in the zone of active or at-rest earth pressure. 2. The degree of relative compaction of the wall backfill within the active or at-rest envelopes. 3. The structural stiffness of the retaining wall system and its ability to deflect outward in response to "active" earth loads. 4.

  Earth, Structural, Of earth