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Earth Pressure and Retaining Wall Basics for Non …

• Lateral pressure is limited to vertical walls • Failure (in the backfill) occurs as a sliding wedge along an assumed failure plane defined by φ. • Lateral pressure varies linearly with depth and the resultant pressure is located one-third of the height (H) above the base of the wall.

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