Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 158
4, and the line of rupture AB. The triangleABC represents by the vertical ordinates the individual pressures on ABwhich go to make up the weight W. The point of application of force ANALYSIS OF PKESSURE ON RETAINING WALL 143 W being at oiie-tbird length of AB from A the distribution of… … then the triangle AB» represents the reactions on the line of rupture tothe same scale as the wedge of eai-th. Similarly the thrust being appliedat one-third the height of wall from base, the distribution of stress willbe found by joining dj, setting up OJc = CB, drawing M parallel withdj to meet…
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