0 votes 0 votes Surcharge loading required to be placed on the horizontal backfill of a smooth retaining vertical wall so as to completely eliminate tensile crack is: $2 \: c$ $2 \: c \: k_a$ $2 c \sqrt{k_a}$ $2 c/ \sqrt{k_a}$ Foundation Engineering gate2015-ce-2 surcharge-loading foundation-engineering geotechnical-engineering + – Milicevic3306 asked Mar 26, 2018 recategorized Nov 18, 2020 by soujanyareddy13 Milicevic3306 11.9k points answer See all 0 reply