Closure to 'Active Earth Pressure on Retaining Wall for c-Soil Backfill under Seismic Loading Condition' by S. K. Shukla, S. K. Gupta, and N. Sivakugan

摘要

The writer thanks the discusser for finding our paper very important for geotechnical engineering practice. The discusser has extended our expression for the total active earth pressure for its applicability to backfills with inclined profile, walls with inclined backface, friction angle between wall and backfill soil, and backfills with tension crack. The discusser is greatly appreciated for this highly valuable contribution. Derivation of Eqs. (1) to (18) presented by the discusser has been checked carefully, and they have been found to be correct.