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What is active earth pressure?


·  What is active earth pressure?

The pressure, which the soil develops in response to the movement of the earth retaining structure away from it, is called active earth pressure.

This is the minimum pressure, because earth pressure does not decrease beyond the active state with further movement of the earth retaining structure.

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