Recent questions tagged soil mechanics

Description : How can I calculate the soil resistance by soil mechanics（when a ship was towed on the soft soil）?

Last Answer : I can imagine the soil should be clear before the ship dragged. But I think sometimes the ship may be blocked by small amount of soil though the soil resistance is very small. Then I think the ... is a square box which is blocked by small amount of soil， How can we calculate the soil resistance？

Description : Who would introduce me some academic methods of retaining wall(was dragged by a equipment)?

Last Answer : I just need the method，so the depth of water，the hight of wall, drag force, and so on can be represented by the English alphabets.

Description : How can we obtain the calculation method of the maximum force（F) of the cattle when it forced to get back?

Last Answer : answer:Your problem has too many contradictions. You say the wall is rigid, but then it leans. Does it lean toward the water or away from it? Is the ground level or slanted? Are you saying the ... But the stronger force of the current in the river would create the most force. The cow will drown.

Description : How to calculate the passive earth pressure？?

Last Answer : The soil which is homogeneous. The density of soil is p. Other parameters of soil are constant, and which can be displaced by letters.

Description : How can I solve the value of F?

Last Answer : Do you assume the soil is a liquid, or is force required to push it aside?