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In design of reinforced earth wall, the Rankine’s earth pressure is valid.

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In design of reinforced earth wall, the Rankine’s earth pressure is valid.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

My question comes from Reinforced Earth in division Reinforced Earth and Geotextiles of Geotechnical Engineering II

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The correct choice is (a) True

Easiest explanation: In design of reinforced earth wall, the Rankine’s earth pressure is valid. Rankine’s earth pressure for active state holds good due to which the failure plane makes an angle \(45°+\frac{φ}{2}.\)

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