Strength of reinforced concrete sections amount of rebar a s the project calls for 5 10 and 5 12 are used.
Reinforced concrete retaining wall detail.
Care shall be taken to avoid exerting large impact forces on the wall.
The heel is the part of the base under the backfill.
Typical backfill and drainage detail.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Reinforced concrete cantilever types of retaining wall are recommended for heights up to 7 m.
Wood retaining walls 14.
Counterfort retaining walls 12.
Pier and pile foundations 11.
The use of wsdot standard plan reinforced concrete retaining walls and traffic barrier details for reinforced concrete retaining wallsshall be limited as follows.
Strength reduced from 136 7 to 114 9 in kips.
Backfilling against reinforced masonry retaining walls shall not be permitted until at least 7 days after placing concrete or grout in cores.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Wall types 1 2 7 and 8 may be used if no traffic barrier is attached on top of the wall.
The base is divided into two parts the heel and toe.
A slender section can be used in this retaining wall the tensile stresses within the stem and the base is resisted by steel reinforcement.
The stem may have constant thickness along the length or may be tapered based on economic and construction criteria.
Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Gabion walls 16.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
This type of walls has vertical stem monolithic with the base.
Designing the cantilever wall stem 9.