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RETAINING WALLS
RETAINING WALLS
The structures which are constructed to
retain the earth or other loose material which
are unable to stand vertically by itself are
called as “retaining walls”.
•The walls which resists the earth pressure due to backfill by its own
weight.
• The wall consist of a thin stem and a base slab cast monolithically.
4. COUNTERFORT RETAINING WALL
• Sliding Failure
• Overturning Failure
There are 5
types of • Bearing capacity Failure
modes of
• Shallow shear Failure
failure
• Deep shear Failure
1. SLIDING FAILURE
Sliding failure is nothing but sliding of wall away from
backfill when there is shearing failure at the base of wall.
< 1.5
where,
µ = coefficient of friction = tan δ
given by,