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CED 313 - Assignment 2

This document contains 5 questions regarding foundation engineering and retaining wall design from the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur. The questions cover topics such as: 1) Deriving expressions for active earth pressure behind retaining walls using Rankine's theory for different backfill conditions. 2) Explaining active and passive earth pressures and how to determine active pressure for cohesive soils. 3) Describing Coulomb's wedge theory and calculating earth pressures for a specific excavation example. 4) Discussing methods to estimate active earth pressure using Culmann's graphical method. 5) Calculating tension crack depth, total active pressure, and point of application for a given retaining wall scenario

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CED 313 - Assignment 2

This document contains 5 questions regarding foundation engineering and retaining wall design from the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur. The questions cover topics such as: 1) Deriving expressions for active earth pressure behind retaining walls using Rankine's theory for different backfill conditions. 2) Explaining active and passive earth pressures and how to determine active pressure for cohesive soils. 3) Describing Coulomb's wedge theory and calculating earth pressures for a specific excavation example. 4) Discussing methods to estimate active earth pressure using Culmann's graphical method. 5) Calculating tension crack depth, total active pressure, and point of application for a given retaining wall scenario

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HAMIRPUR (H.P.

)
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CED – 313 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

ASSIGNMENT 2

Q 1. (a) Derive an expression for the active earth pressure behind a retaining wall due to a
cohesionless backfill using Rankine’s theory for the following conditions:
(i) Dry or moist backfill without surcharge (ii) Submerged backfill
(iii) Backfill with uniform surcharge (iv) Backfill with sloping surface.
(b) Explain active and passive earth pressures. Discuss how will you determine active
earth pressure of a cohesive soil?
Q 2. (a) Describe Coulomb’s wedge theory for determining the earth pressure behind a
retaining wall.
(b) A vertical excavation was made in a clay deposit having unit weight of 20 kN/m3.
It caved in after the depth of excavation reached 4 meters. Calculate the value of
Cohesion, assuming f to be zero. If the same clay is used as a backfill against a
retaining wall upto a height of 8 m, calculate (i) total active earth pressure (ii) total
passive earth pressure. Assume that the wall yields far enough to allow Rankine
deformation conditions to establish.
Q 3. (a) Discuss how will you estimate the active earth pressure on a retaining wall by the
Culmann’s graphical method.
(b) A retaining wall 5 m high has a vertical back and supports cohesive backfill whose
srface is level with the top of the wall. The properties of the backfill are:
Angle of friction f = zero, unit weight γ = 18 kN/m3 and cohesion c = 20 kN/m2.
Determine the magnitude and point of application of the active earth pressure per
metre length of the wall considering the effect of development of tension cracks.
Q 4. Explain how will you design a gravity retaining wall.
Q 5. A 6 metres high vertical wall supports saturated, cohesive backfill with horizontal
surface. The top 3m of the backfill weighs 18 kN/m3 and has an apparent cohesion
of 18 kN/m2. The bulk unit weight and apparent cohesion of the bottom 3 m of the
backfill are respectively 20 kN/m3 and 24 kN/m2. Find the likely depth of tension
crack behind the wall? If the tension cracks develop, what will be the total active
pressure? Draw pressure distribution diagram and determine point of application
of the resultant pressure.

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