Active Earth Pressure against Rigid Retaining Walls for Finite Soils in Sloping Condition considering Shear Stress and Soil Arching Effect

Table 1

Calculated values of limit rupture angle and active earth pressure under different l/H.

l/H	H = 10 m					H = 15 m
	α (°)		(kN/m)			α (°)		(kN/m)
	①	②	①	②	③	①	②	①	②	③
0.1	62.7	62.7	314	314.6	293.8	62.7	62.7	706	705.7	661.0
0.2	61.4	61.4	352	351.7	332.5	61.4	61.4	791	791.4	748.1
0.3	59.7	59.7	381	381.2	365.3	59.7	59.7	858	857.8	821.8
0.4	57.8	57.8	403	403.5	392.1	57.8	57.8	908	907.8	882.2
0.5	55.8	55.8	420	419.7	413.2	55.8	55.8	944	944.4	929.7
0.6	53.8	53.8	431	431.0	428.6	53.8	53.8	970	969.9	964.5
0.7	51.8	51.8	438	438.3	438.7	51.8	51.8	986	986.1	987.2
0.8	49.9	49.9	442	442.1	443.5	49.9	49.9	995	994.8	997.9
0.9	48.1	48.1	443	443.2	443.1	48.1	48.1	997	997.3	996.9

① Reference [11], ② Coulomb’s method in this paper, ③ Differential layer method.