Reply to Discussion of the Technical Note “Seismic Passive Earth Thrust on Retaining Walls with Cohesive Backfills Using Pseudo-Dynamic Approach” by A.H. Shafiee, A. Eskandarinejad, M. Jahanandish: Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s10706-010-9327-3

Discussion of the Original Paper “Pseudo-Dynamic Active Response of Non-Vertical Retaining Wall Supporting c-ϕ Backfill” by Sima Ghosh and Richi Prasad Sharma: Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, DOI 10.1007/s10706-010-9321-9

“…(19) and (20) without giving any computational detail in order to calculate the total active earth pressure. Shafiee et al (2010b) have provided some details of optimization process for solving the analytical equations like Eqs. (19) and (20) using Mathematica program, and reported that there is a cost to pay by increase in computational effort.…”