The earth pressure at rest is defined as the lateral pressure exerted by soil

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• The active earth pressure of a soil is defined as the lateral pressure exerted by soil
• The lateral earth pressure exerted by the soil when the retaining wall moves into the soil, is known as
• If ko is the coefficient of earth pressure at rest, ka is the coefficient of active earth pressure, kp is the coefficient of passive earth pressure and ? is Poisson's ratio, then the value of (1 - ?/? is given by
• The earth pressure at rest is proportional to ? / 1 - ?, where ? = Poisson's ratio of the soil.
• The pressure exerted by water on the soil through which it percolates, is known as
• The lateral earth pressure is
• In case of footings in sand, if the soil pressure distribution is triangular, the maximum soil pressure is
• For a given soil mass, the void ratio is 0.60, water content is 18% and specific gravity of the soil particles is 2.6. The degree of saturation of the soil is
• If the coefficient of passive earth pressure is 1/3, then the coefficient of active earth pressure is
• The earth pressure at rest is calculated by using