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  1. tonyt4

    Lateral forces on retaining wall from wheel loads

    I am designing a retaining wall which could potentially have HS20-44 wheel loads surcharging the earth on the back of the wall. Using a variation of the Boussinesq equation and for a wheel load of 32 kips, I am getting a maximum pressure of 830 pounds at 1 ft below grade decreasing to zero at...
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