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Passive earth pressure - the Coulomb theory

Passive earth pressure follows from the following formula:

where: σz - effective vertical geostatic stress
Kp - coefficient of passive earth pressure due to Coulomb
c - cohesion of soil

The coefficient of passive earth pressure Kp is given by:

where: φ - angle of internal friction of soil
δ - angle of friction structure - soil
β - slope inclination
α - back face inclination of the structure

The vertical σpv and horizontal σph  components of passive earth pressure  are given by:

where: δ - angle of friction structure - soil
α - back face inclination of the structure

Literature:

Arnold Verruijt: Soil mechanics, Delft University of Technology, 2001, 2006, http://geo.verruijt.net/




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