Our concrete block retaining walls can be used to construct a range of retaining wall structures from 1 0m to 6 0m.
Concrete block retaining wall design example.
To further understand the designed approach here is a worked example of the design of the retaining wall.
Higher walls can be constructed using geo mats to construct reinforced earth walls.
Ce 437 537 spring 2011 retaining wall design example 1 8 design a reinforced concrete retaining wall for the following conditions.
F c 3000 psi fy 60 ksi natural soil development of structural design equations.
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Design the reinforced concrete masonry cantilever retaining wall shown in figure 2.
Usually the cantilever wall stem is of concrete block construction rising from an in situ concrete foundation.
The examples below are 1 0 1 5 1 8 2 4 3 0 and 4 8m high walls.
The following worked example is for a free standing cantilever wall that is considered sufficiently flexible for active soil pressures to be used for design.
Basics of retaining wall design page x preface to the tenth edition this tenth edition like its predecessors become necessary because building codes change seismic design requirements for example and as we.
Traditional retaining wall solutions can be expensive and restrictive for example cast in situ construction is slow and expensive to build and precast retaining wall panels are restricted in height.
Reference guide for designing retaining walls using interlocking concrete blocks epcl 2017 rwrg 01 p01 june 2017 5 in assessing the three ultimate limit states i e.
Let s take a fresh look and see how concrete interlocking blocks or more commonly known as concrete lego blocks can be used as the solution.
This example is intended to be readily calculated by hand although a lot of structural spreadsheets and software such as prokon are available.
Reinforced concrete wall design basics mike o shea p e.