From my observations, there seems to be a divide between the younger and older engineers within the geotechnical engineering industry. There is a high demand right now for mid-to-senior level geotechnical engineers which understandably keeps them on their toes to focus on their projects without...
Assuming Rankine conditions, how would one estimate both the drained passive force and undrained passive force for cohesionless (phi') soil narrowly backfilled at an angle overlain on native cohesive soil (c'-phi'-su) like in the picture without using a trial wedge method or finite element...
