Full details of masonry wall construction are provided in reinforced concrete masonry cantilever retaining walls design and construction guide ma51 available from the concrete masonry association of australia.
Cantilever concrete retaining wall detail.
Earthquake seismic design 7.
It is constructed of reinforced portland cement hellip.
Segmental retaining walls 17.
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.
Cantilever retaining wall are usually of reinforced concrete and work on the principles of leverage.
Wood retaining walls 14.
The base is divided into two parts the heel and toe.
Reinforcement details of retaining wall.
The stem may have constant thickness along the length or may be tapered based on economic and construction criteria.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
Reinforced concrete cantilever types of retaining wall are recommended for heights up to 7 m.
Consider the cantilever retaining wall with the cross section shown in the above figure a 1 which retain a 2m depth of soil having the ground water table at.
This type of walls has vertical stem monolithic with the base.
The wall can be either.
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.
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.
Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
Pier and pile foundations 11.
It has much thinner stem and utilize the weight of the backfill soil to provide most of the resistance to sliding and overturning.
Reinforced concrete walls cantilever retaining walls can be constructed entirely from reinforced concrete.
Designing the cantilever wall stem 9.
A slender section can be used in this retaining wall the tensile stresses within the stem and the base is resisted by steel reinforcement.
Concrete masonry cantilever retaining walls if unrestrained a soil embankment will slump to its angle of repose.
Unit weight of concrete.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Counterfort retaining walls 12.