CONCLUSIONS 



When the Rankine assumptions are to be used to determine earth pressures, the 

 equations presented herein will yield the active and passive earth pressures, on a 

 plane at any inclination, within an infinite slope having a water table that is parallel 

 to the ground surface. 



The solutions presented do not include pressures from freezing or swelling of soil, 

 hydrostatic water conditions, and so on. The solutions are documented for use when the 

 Rankine assumptions are valid; however, the author does not advocate the use of 

 Rankine 's theory in cases where conjugate stresses do not exist. 



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