A failure wedge develops if a retaining wall

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• A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10°. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5°. If the angle of wall friction is 7°, then the resultant active earth pressure will act at a distance of 2 m above the base and inclined to the horizontal at an angle of
• According to Coulomb's wedge theory, the active earth pressure slides the wedge
• The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is
• The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall
• Coulomb's wedge theory assumes that
• Failure of the stability of slopes, generally occurs along
• The angle that Coulomb's failure envelope makes with the horizontal is called
• The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane, is equal to
• Failure of a slope occurs only when total shear force is
• Depending upon the properties of a material, the failure envelope may