The Islamic university - GazaFaculty of Engineering

Civil Engineering Department

Principles of foundation Engineering

Chapter 7 Lateral earth pressure

Engr. Safaa Abu El-Aish

Types of lateral earth pressure:•At rest soil pressure:

•Active soil pressure:

•Passive soil pressure:

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At rest soil pressure:At any distance (z) below the ground surface, the lateral earth pressure ( )equals:

:At rest pressure coefficient, For normally consolidated

If there is water table we have to add the effect of water pressure to the lateral pressure:

The coefficient of lateral earth pressure for the water =1 for any case.To find the at rest forces:

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2

21

www hP

•The water stress diagram is a triangle starts from (0.00) to the value of

•Rankin Active soil pressure:

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a

kcZstresstensileofDepth

kcstressTensile

2

2

aava kck 2'

2

45tan 2ak

Ranking passive soil pressure:

ppvp kck 2' a

p kk 1

245tan 2

Note:

For retaining wall design, the active soil pressure is assumed as follow (Modified Active

soil pressure)

EXAMPLE 1:

Example(

A 3m length wall as shown below, Determine the ranking passive soil pressure

per unit length of the wall.

2

2

2'

2

2'

22'

'

2222

2121

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/654.13556.210256.249.40

/49.4081.986.18172.1523

/4.11256.210244.3156.2

/44.3172.152r tableafter wateJust 2

/32.9444.313/44.3172.152r tablebefor wateJust 2

00.00

56.22

2645tan2

45tan

32

3045tan2

45tan

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mKN

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h

v

hv

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p

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KNP

KNP

KNP

p

p

p

p

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22

•Rankin soil pressure for inclined backfill:

Passive:

Active:

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a

c

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k

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hP

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zc , , offunction , table toGo , find To

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p

pp

pp

k

HP

zkPassive:

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