Abstract:Analytical expressions for the active earth pressure ratio and active earth pressure are derived,against on a rigid retaining wall from clayey backfill undergoing horizontal translation,considering the soil arching effects and the influence of soil-wall friction angle,wall adhesion and cohesion of backfill. The results show that the active earth pressure ratio and active earth pressure are related to soil-wall friction angle,depth of the point and the internal friction angle,cohesion,unit weight of the backfill. The theoretical comparisons between the analytical expressions proposed for active earth pressure ratio and active earth pressure and the existing classical theory,the previous research results show great agreement with each other,so as to verity the correctness of the results in this paper.