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Originally, Rankine’s theory of lateral earth pressure can be applied to only _______

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Originally, Rankine’s theory of lateral earth pressure can be applied to only _______

(a) Cohesion less soil

(b) Cohesive soil

(c) Fine grained soil

(d) Coarse grained soil

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Asked question is from Active Earth Pressure: Rankine’s Theory in chapter Failure Envelopes & Earth Pressure of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Right answer is (a) Cohesion less soil

For explanation: As originally proposed, Rankine’ s theory of lateral pressure is applied to uniform cohesion less soils only. Later, it was extended to include cohesive soil.

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