Preliminary proportioning of counterfort retaining wall.
Reinforcement counterfort retaining wall design.
Thickness of counterfort 6 of height of wall.
Classification of retaining walls.
Pier and pile foundations 11.
There are different types of retaining walls such as cantilever retaining walls gravity retaining walls counterfort retaining wall buttressed retaining walls etc.
1 gravity wall masonry or plain concrete 2 cantilever retaining wall rcc inverted t and l 3 counterfort retaining wall rcc 4 buttress wall rcc.
In no case thickness of any component be less than 300mm.
Counterfort retaining walls 12.
Designing the cantilever wall stem 9.
Design and detailing of counterfort retaining wall when the height of the retaining wall exceeds about 6 m the thickness of the stem and heel slab works out to be sufficiently large and the design becomes uneconomical.
Retaining walls are structures used for supporting earth at different levels.
The counterfort retaining wall is a type of retaining wall with counterforts attached to the inside face of the wall to further resist lateral thrust and materials used for retaining walls are treated lumber concrete block systems stone brick and poured concrete.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Design procedure overview 3.
Thickness of heel slab and stem 5 of height of wall.
Thickness of toe slab buttress not provided 8 of height of wall.
Reinforcement is provided on earth face and front counterforts are.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Counterfort retaining walls have similarities with cantilever retaining walls with the difference of having triangular web panels spaced at regular.
However retaining walls can also be constructed for aesthetic landscaping purposes.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
In such a case counterforts having trapezoidal section fixed at the base slab are provided at intervals of 1 5 m to 3 m.