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  1. bridge_engineer1

    AASHTO LL Surcharge

    Hi, For abutment & retaining wall design AASHTO requires a live load surcharge. My question is, is this load applied to the back face of the wall horizontally (ie no vertical component) or is the soil pressure applied at at angle due to angle of the wall and the soil-wall friction angle (like...

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