PHENOMENON AND DESIGNING PRNCIPLES OF RETAINING STRUCTURES.

Authors

  • Shreyas Patel Civil Department, Spce
  • Nisarg Patel Civil Department, Spce
  • Prof. Nikunj Patel Civil Department, Spce

Keywords:

Retaining walls, Designing principles, construction of retaining walls, stability, strength, soil properties, earth pressure.

Abstract

Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally keep to
(typically a steep, near-vertical or vertical slope). They are used to bound soils between two different elevations often in
areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the landscape needs to be shaped severely and
engineered for more specific purposes like hillside farming or roadway overpasses. A retaining wall is a structure
designed and constructed to resist the lateral pressure of soil, when there is a desired change in ground elevation that
exceeds the angle of repose of the soil. The walls must resist the lateral pressures generated by loose soils or, in some
cases, water pressures

Published

2017-03-25

How to Cite

Shreyas Patel, Nisarg Patel, & Prof. Nikunj Patel. (2017). PHENOMENON AND DESIGNING PRNCIPLES OF RETAINING STRUCTURES. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), 4(3), 554–562. Retrieved from https://ijaerd.com/index.php/IJAERD/article/view/2113