The suitability of Entran Flatline Pressure Transducers, Model No. EPL-200-100S to measure static and dynamci lateral earth pressures generated on cantilever retaining wall models from saturated, cohesionless soil backfill is discussed in this paepr. Bending strains and deflections were calculated by integrating measured earth pressures and accelerations on the wall. They compared very well with the measured quantities. It was concluded that these total stress gages can be used to give reliable measurements of lateral earth pressures generated from saturated soils and to deduce total lateral thrust on the retaining wall mdoels.
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