Classification of retaining wall
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DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES
SUBMITTED BY:
VIJAY CHANDOLIYA
CIVIL 2ND YR
MUR1200094
CLASSIFICATION OF RETAINING WALL
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THE COMMON TYPES ARE:
1. GRAVITY WALLS
2. CANTILEVER RETAINING WALLS
3. COUNTERFORT RETAINING WALLS
4. BUTTRESSED WALLS
GRAVITY WALLS
Gravity walls depend on their mass (stone, concrete or other heavy material) to resist pressure from behind and may
have a 'batter' setback to improve stability by leaning back toward the retained soil
CANTILEVER RETAINING WALLS
Cantilevered retaining walls are made from an internal stem of steel-reinforced, cast-in-place concrete or mortared
masonry (often in the shape of an inverted T)
COUNTERFORT RETAINING WALLS
These walls are used when the backfill of greater height is to be retained in this walls the vertical
stem an the heel slab are strengthened by providing
counterforts at some suitable intervals which acts as continuous
slab in contrast retaining walls.
BUTTRESSED WALLS
These walls are the modification of the counterfort retining walls.
In this the duttresses are provided to the other side of the backfill. These are not commonly
used