Figure 1 below shows the basic FHWA recommendations for apparent earth pressure diagrams. Figure 2 shows an apparent earth pressure diagram as calculated by our DeepXcav software program.

Figure 1: Basic recommendations by FHWA
Figure 2: FHWA apparent earth pressure diagram as calculated by DeepXcav
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