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NAME:-Ritesh A. Chinchawade MIS: - 121221014
NAME:-Ritesh A. Chinchawade MIS: - 121221014
NAME:-Ritesh A. Chinchawade MIS: - 121221014
Chinchawade
MIS:- 121221014
The structures which are constructed to
retain the earth or other loose material which
are unable to stand vertically by itself are
called as “retaining walls”.
• The wall consist of a thin stem and a base slab cast monolithically.
• Counterfort retaining walls have thin vertical slabs, known as
Counterfort, spaced across the vertical stem at regular intervals.
failure
• Shallow shear Failure
< 1.5
where,
µ = coefficient of friction = tan δ