Experimental and Numerical Study of At-Rest Lateral Earth Pressure of Overconsolidated Sand

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="524568.fig.006a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ace/volume-2011/524568/figures/524568.fig.006a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Horizontal load</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="524568.fig.006b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ace/volume-2011/524568/figures/524568.fig.006b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Vertical load</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="524568.fig.006c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ace/volume-2011/524568/figures/524568.fig.006c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Resultant elevation</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Variation of horizontal toe load, vertical toe load, and normalized earth pressure resultant elevation with the backfill height during construction stages.</table>

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Figure 6: Experimental and Numerical Study of At-Rest Lateral Earth Pressure of Overconsolidated Sand 