Retaining walls example 3 16 design of a cantilever retaining wall bs 8 110 the cantilever retaining wall shown below is backþlled with granular material having a unit weight of 19 knm 3 and an internal angle of friction of 30.
Cantilever retaining wall reinforcement details.
Photos of retaining walls 5.
Details of wall mm cf 3 h 7 8.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Provide the distribution steel.
Retaining wall masonry cantilever.
Building codes and retaining walls 5.
Wood retaining walls 14.
A slender section can be used in this retaining wall the tensile stresses within the stem and the base is resisted by steel reinforcement.
Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
Cantilever retaining wall with shear key.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
Reinforced concrete cantilever types of retaining wall are recommended for heights up to 7 m.
Reinforcement of cantilever retaining wall advantages and details about cantilever wall reinforced cantilever walls have an economic height range of 1 200 to 6 000 m.
M c c 400 mm.
These design methods are discussed in detail in allowable stress design of concrete masonry tek 14 7a and strength design of concrete masonry tek 14 4a refs.
The stem may have constant thickness along the length or may be tapered based on economic and construction criteria.
M h1 7 m h 8 25 m.
Reinforcement is provided on earth face along the length of the toe slab.
Counterfort retaining walls 12.
Retaining wall reinforced concrete cantilever sd 7 01.
Pier and pile foundations 11.
Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.
This type of walls has vertical stem monolithic with the base.
Recommended stem designs for reinforced cantilever retaining walls with no surcharge are contained in tables 1 and 2 for allowable stress design and strength design respectively.
Walls in excess of this height have been economically constructed using prestressing techniques.
Reinforced concrete cantilever retaining wall analysis and design aci 318 14 reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls consist of a relatively thin stem and a base slab.
Bid item number description sd drawing method of measurement.
The base is divided into two parts the heel and toe.
Also check for shear at the junction.
Provide enough development length.
Assuming that the allowable bearing pressure of the soil is 120 knm 2 the.
Cantilever retaining wall with shear keywith shear key batter drainage hole toe 2.