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I took the Civil PE with Transportation as my afternoon discipline. I felt pretty confident. The morning exam went very well I think. I finished with about 90 minutes left, so I looked over every question again. Even taking into account the possibility of errors, I really think I might have...

Thanks for your response. I couldn't find anywhere in the CERM where it explicitly states the shape of the distribution of pressure in clays. It makes sense, but I just wanted to confirm.

In Lindeburg's Practice Problems, Chapter 39 Problem #2: A 35 ft long sheet pile is driven through 10 ft of clay to bedrock below. The sheet pile supports a 25 ft vertical cut through drained sand. A tie rod is located 8 ft below the surface, terminating at a deadman behind the failure plane...