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The Rankine’s active earth pressure can also be found out by method of _____________

(a) Trial wedges

(b) Graphical method

(c) Sliding wedge

(d) Theoretical calculation

The question was posed to me in examination.

The question is from Coulomb’s Wedge Theory topic in portion Failure Envelopes & Earth Pressure of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Right choice is (a) Trial wedges

For explanation I would say: The Rankine’s active earth pressure (assuming the wall to be smooth) can be found out by method of trial wedges.

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