1. . (a) Explain, with the aid of diagrams, how the earth pressure on a vertical retaining wall is related to the moveme
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1. . (a) Explain, with the aid of diagrams, how the earth pressure on a vertical retaining wall is related to the movement of the wall relative to the retained soil. Bystra In your answer, you should distinguish between the at rest, active, and passive states. (b) Based on the stress history of a soil, explain the difference between a normally consolidated soil and an overconsolidated soil. (c) Define: sampling, undisturbed samples and disturbed samples. (d) List the principal modes of shear failure under shallow foundations and explain one of them