Gravity walls are built with massive blocks that use a tongue and groove system to lock together.
Reinforced concrete gravity wall.
Monolithic cast walls are generally formed.
Sheet pile walls 21.
Ultrablock is used for a continuously growing variety of applications that goes beyond standard retaining walls.
Segmental retaining walls 17.
Pilaster masonry walls 19.
It also works well in situations where you need to access utilities behind the area after the wall has been built.
Embedment length grid length must extend far enough behind the wall to create a sufficient reinforced gravity mass.
Cantilever retaining walls are most frequently and extensively used type of retaining wall.
Gravity retaining walls depend on their own weight and any soil resting on the concrete in resisting lateral earth.
They are constructed of interlocking individual boxes made from timber or pre cast concrete.
Soldier pile walls 22.
A gravity wall is a retaining wall that can be built in a tight area where there isn t a lot of room to excavate.
Wood retaining walls 14.
How retaining walls fail.
Reinforced concrete retaining wall type 3 and 3sw concrete cantilever wall with sloping backfill and flat front face.
A retaining wall that relies solely on it s own weight to stand up is called a gravity wall.
The system is a simple proven solution for grade separation on highway bridge railroad water commercial applications and more.
As a result it is also known as gravity retaining wall.
Grid strength select the right strength grid for the job.
Meanwhile the reinforced concrete retaining wall opposes the lateral pressure by constructional action for instance bending and outcomes in thinner section.
How does it work.
Typically a minimum of 60 of total wall height.
Construction topics and caveats 24.
Then the boxes are filled with crushed stone or other coarse granular materials to create a free draining structure.
The concrete units are facing with monolithic perpendicular stems forming the shape of a t.
Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
Designed for effective peak ground acceleration of 0 32g d 10 25 reinforced concrete retaining wall type 4 and 4sw concrete cantilever wall with sloping backfill and sloping front face.
They are generally economical up to 10 feet in height for cast concrete structures.
Setback sliding wedge every retaining wall supports a wedge of soil.
Basic types of crib retaining walls include reinforced precast and timber retaining walls.
Allan block combines the basic engineering principles of setback leverage and total unit mass with simple mechanics to make highly stable gravity walls.
T wall is a gravity retaining wall system consisting of modular precast concrete units and select backfill.
Swimming pool walls 18.
Choose ltads grids from 500 lb ft to 4000 lb ft 7 3 kn m to 58 4 kn m.
Restrained non yielding walls 20.