Retaining wall design 10 editionth a design guide for earth retaining structures contents at a glance.
Concrete block retaining wall design guide.
Soil mechanics simplified 4.
Forces on retaining walls 6.
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.
Walling guide no 4.
Soil bearing and stability 8.
Design procedure overview 3.
These phases are explained briefly.
The intent of this material is to communicate the best practices for design of segmental retaining walls srw as determined by allan block corporation based on 25 plus years of research design and field experience.
The interlocking retaining wall block can be used to build walls up to 24 to 36 inches high depending on the size of the block.
Construction of concrete block retaining wall with steps.
This is not meant to be a final authority as each project has its own set of unique situations.
Follow the block manufacturer s instructions for wall height limits.
Design for earth loads retaining walls which set out a design methodology and safe load tables for these structures.
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.
N ultimate load design with material factors based on characteristic soil properties partial load factors consistent with as 1170 1 and structure designs to as 3700 and as 3600.