What is 'active earth pressure' 🧑‍🔧

In this article I would like to talk about “What is 'active earth pressure'”. Let’s understand what it is and answer a few common questions.

A quick answer is…

The horizontal pressure that an earth mass exerts on a wall.

Active earth pressure is the one that is exerted by the soil that tends to overturn or slide the retaining wall.

It is unfavorable to stability of the wall.

Passive earth pressure is the one exerted from the other side and that tends to stabilize it.

Let’s start by reviewing a few questions people ask:

'active earth pressure'

What is active earth pressure...

Active earth pressure Active pressure occurs when the soil mass yields in such a way that it tends to stretch horizontally. It is a state of plastic equilibrium as the entire soil mass is on verge of failure. A retaining wall when moves away from the backfill, there is a stretching of the soil mass & the active state of earth pressure exists.

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