is a silty clay with the following properties:
c' = 10kPa
$' = 20°
Yt. = 18kN/m³
Ko = 0.4
The silty clay is well drained so no pore pressures
are expected. One mode of anchor failure is by very
slowly pulling the square prism of soil indicated by
the dotted lines. What force would need to be
generated in the anchor to cause this failure?
Fig: 1