Forces on retaining walls 6.
Low concrete retaining wall design.
Sketches of the retaining wall forces should be considered to properly distinguish the different forces acting on our retaining wall as tackled in the previous article retaining wall.
In this photo increte contractors installed a poured in place decorative concrete wall system called stone crete that creates deep relief stone walls with a variety of available textures and colors.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Wide footing cantilever walls can be constructed from in situ reinforced concrete or precast concrete masonry block with a concrete footing see figures 6 and 7.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
There was a time when this design would have looked too basic but it now works perfectly with the current trend of industrial style.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
This low retaining wall is constructed from breeze blocks also known as concrete masonry units.
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They are inexpensive to buy and simple to lay.
Stone crete is used for sound barrier walls retaining walls subdivision entry walls or wherever.
The interlocking retaining wall block can be used to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block.
This is another retaining wall concept you could try to complete.
Another popular choice for a retaining wall material is poured concrete.
Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Design procedure overview 3.
B short retaining walls vertical walls up to about 3m in height are usually built as shown in figure 1 b.
For example if you are pouring a retaining wall that will be 12 inches thick and will use wooden planks that are 1 1 2 inches thick for your forms you ll need to space the stakes about 15 inches apart 12 inches for the retaining wall plus two pieces of 1 1 2 inch thick wooden board.
Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.
Poured concrete retaining walls can also be decorative and reproduce the look of stone or masonry.
Avoid having downspouts pointed at the retaining wall and if it s against the house keep soil and mulch well below the siding.
These consists of a concrete or masonry wall of uniform thickness vertical wall reinforcing and transverse footing reinforcing are all designed for the lateral shear and cantilever bending movement plus the vertical weights of the wall footing and earth fills.
A poured concrete wall can take nearly any shape and with the right reinforcement they resist a lot of pressure.