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The material retained or supported by the retaining structure is called __________

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The material retained or supported by the retaining structure is called __________

(a) Surcharge

(b) Support wall

(c) Back fill

(d) All of the mentioned

The question was posed to me by my college director while I was bunking the class.

This intriguing question comes from Plastic Equilibrium in Soils : Active and Passive States in portion Failure Envelopes & Earth Pressure of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Correct option is (c) Back fill

To elaborate: The material retained or supported by the structure is called backfill which may have its top surface horizontal or inclined.

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