GATE Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 Shift 1 Solved Paper

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A rigid smooth retaining wall of height 7m with vertical backface retains saturated clay as backfill. The saturated unit weight and undrained cohesion of the backfill are 17.2kN∕m3 and 20kPa, respectively. The difference in the active lateral forces on the wall (in kN per meter length of wall, up to decimal places), before and after the occurrence of tension cracks is_______
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