FixedEarth - Thanks for the reference. I'm a firm believer in self study. At times I wish I had the luxury of going back to college for some more classes, but life... At this point self study is my only option.
For this case, I have searched several books, including EM-1110-2-2502, NAVFAC...
Thanks for the responses. My gut was telling me that the failure angle of the active wedge was correct, but I have never seen this published anywhere. I assume that the failure angle of the native soil, and not the select backfill, would be controlling. Is this correct?
In addition, I would...
My background is general civil, but I have worked into doing more retaining wall design lately. Please excuse me if this is a simple geotech problem.
I am looking to design a wall to retain less desirable fill material (low phi angle and ignore any cohesion). During construction, the site...
