Gabion walls 16.
Cantilever retaining wall reinforcement details.
Bid item number description sd drawing method of measurement.
This type of walls has vertical stem monolithic with the base.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
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.
Provide the distribution steel.
A slender section can be used in this retaining wall the tensile stresses within the stem and the base is resisted by steel reinforcement.
Reinforced concrete cantilever types of retaining wall are recommended for heights up to 7 m.
M h1 7 m h 8 25 m.
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.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Photos of retaining walls 5.
Assuming that the allowable bearing pressure of the soil is 120 knm 2 the.
Cantilever retaining wall with shear key.
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.
Counterfort retaining walls 12.
Reinforcement is provided on earth face along the length of the toe slab.
Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
Also check for shear at the junction.
The base is divided into two parts the heel and toe.
Cantilever retaining wall with shear keywith shear key batter drainage hole toe 2.
Walls in excess of this height have been economically constructed using prestressing techniques.
Designing the cantilever wall stem 9.
Pier and pile foundations 11.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
M c c 400 mm.
Details of wall mm cf 3 h 7 8.
Retaining wall masonry cantilever.
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.
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.
Retaining wall reinforced concrete cantilever sd 7 01.
Wood retaining walls 14.
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.
Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.