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Active earth pressure – the Mazindrani theory

Active earth pressure is given by the following formula:

where: σz - vertical geostatic stress
Ka - coefficient of active earth pressure due to Rankin
β - slope inclination
γ - weight of soil
z - assumed depth
- coefficient of active earth pressure due to Mazindrani

where: β - slope inclination
φ - angle of internal friction of soil
c - cohesion of soil

Assuming cohesionless soils (c = 0) and horizontal ground surface (β = 0) yields the Rankin solution, for which the active earth pressure is provided by:

and the coefficient of active earth pressure becomes:

where: φ - angle of internal friction of soil

Horizontal and vertical components of the active earth pressure become:

where: σa - active earth pressure
δ - angle of friction structure - soil
α - back face inclination of the structure

Literature:

Mazindrani, Z.H., and Ganjali, M.H. 1997. Lateral earth pressure problem of cohesive backfill with inclined surface. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(2): 110–112.




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