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A retaining wall refers to a structure that is designed and built up to defend the lateral pressure of soil when any alteration occurs in ground elevation that surpasses the angle of repose of the soil.
The base is divided into two parts the heel and toe.
In the case of masonry retaining wall the thickness of the wall increases with height because masonry resists the lateral pressure by its weight.
Development of structural design equations.
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In this example the structural design of the three retaining wall components is performed by hand.
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Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.
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While the reinforced concrete retaining wall resists the lateral.
The retaining wall can be constructed with masonry as well as reinforced concrete.
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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.
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Two equations are developed in this section for determining the thickness reinforcement required to resist the bending moment in the retaining wall components stem toe and heel.
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