Lateral Earth pressure
Lateral Earth pressure
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Looking for advice on how to best design a cantilever retaining wall with a foundation up high on the retained side. The load is a strip load that is perpendicular to the wall. Text books provide guidance for when the loading is isolated or parallel with the wall.





RE: Lateral Earth pressure
See attached for a couple of graphs of a parallel (line) load and a concentrated load.
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