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Hello,

I am working on getting the horizontal lateral earth pressure, which based on this FBD it will be Pa cos(pi/2 - Ψ +β), shouldn't we also consider soil-wall friction 𝛿? I am not sure how to include it. If there is a clean body diagram that can clear things for, it will greatly be appreciated.
 
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