Research Article

Design Diagrams for the Analysis of Active Pressure on Retaining Walls with the Effect of Line Surcharge

Table 3

Comparison of the results of the proposed method with Ghanbari and Taheri [23] and specifications (1994).

 m,  m,  kN/m3
Proposed methodGhanbari and Taheri [23]Beton Kalendar [25]USACE [20]AASHTO [19]

 (kN/m)55.949.7942.226.824.424.124.6712.7222.6236.0726.78
 (kN/m)111.899.5884.553.648.848.243.0823.0545.3154.7654