Inclined Retaining Wall — Lateral Soil Pressure

4 m rigid post inclined 15° from vertical with a triangular (20 kN/m base to zero tip) horizontal soil-pressure load; the fixed-base moment depends on both post length and inclination via the lateral centroid height.

Category: distributed-load · Difficulty: Intermediate

Solution

Support reactions (solver-verified)
SupportRx (N)Ry (N)Mz (N·m)
A-40051.516

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