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Surface Surcharge - Active Earth Pressure

The increment of active earth pressure due to surface surcharge is given by:

where:

p

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vertical uniform load

Ka

-

coefficient of active earth pressure

The vertical uniform load p applied to the ground surface induces therefore over the entire height of the structure a constant increment of active earth pressure - see figure:

Increment of active earth pressure due to vertical uniform ground surface surcharge

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