Concrete Retaining Wall Design

See more ideas about garden design backyard landscaping concrete retaining walls.

Concrete retaining wall design.

May 1 2017 explore reese jones s board concrete retaining walls on pinterest. Stone crete is used for sound barrier walls retaining walls subdivision entry walls or wherever. These systems are easy to install durable reasonably priced and available in a variety of colors and textures. Once you pour it you can paint it to match your style or you can stamp designs into the side of the wall.

In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand. Retaining wall retains earth when level difference exists between two surfaces. 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. A concrete block retaining wall is the perfect solution to control erosion to eliminate a hard to mow slope to add a planting bed or to level an ideal patio area.

A gravity wall h 3m masonry or stone b cantilever wall h 3m and h 6m c counterfort wall h 8m d buttress wall transverse stem support provided on front side e e bridge abutment additional horizontal restraint from bridge deck a gravity wall h 3m masonry or stone. Poured concrete retaining walls can also be decorative and reproduce the look of stone or masonry. These consists of a concrete or masonry wall of uniform thickness vertical wall reinforcing and transverse footing reinforcing are all designed for the lateral shear and cantilever bending movement plus the vertical weights of the wall footing and earth fills. B short retaining walls vertical walls up to about 3m in height are usually built as shown in figure 1 b.

Building codes and retaining walls 5. Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider. Earthquake seismic design 7. Two equations are developed in this.

In this photo increte contractors installed a poured in place decorative concrete wall system called stone crete that creates deep relief stone walls with a variety of available textures and colors. Soil mechanics simplified 4. Design procedure overview 3. Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.

Soil bearing and stability 8. Most landscape contractors in areas of heavy rainfall or weather extremes avoid fine poured concrete work due to its challenges. Forces on retaining walls 6. Ce 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 o development of structural design equations.