The wedge-shaped portion of the backfill tending to move with the wall is called

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• What will be the coefficient of earth pressure at rest for a rigid retaining wall, If the backfill consists of cohesion less soil having φ = 26°?
• Which of the following cases for cohesion less backfill in Rankine’s theory is considered?
• The lateral pressure for cohesive backfill with surcharge q is                        
• Thick wall samplers have area ratio             
• Explanation: For soft sensitive soil, the area ratio of sample should preferably not exceed 10%. The thin-wall samplers are those for
• In active stress, the major principal stress σ1 acting on the wall will be in                       plane.
• The factor that is responsible for inclination of resultant pressure to the retaining wall is                      
• If the sand filled behind the retaining wall with saturated water with water, then the possible lateral pressure is                      
• wall to a depth Zo in cohesive soils, then the total net pressure is zero for a depth of
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