Français
6. Application: ground pressure on a retaining wall
A 5-meter-high gravity wall supports a compacted embankment, as shown in figure 16 . The embankment surface is flat and horizontal, and supports a uniformly distributed surcharge, .
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects
This article is included in
Preparing for construction
This offer includes:
Knowledge Base
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
Services
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Practical Path
Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills
Doc & Quiz
Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading
Ongoing reading
Application: ground pressure on a retaining wall
Application: ground pressure on a retaining wall
Application: pushing a bilayer onto a retaining wall
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Geotechnical calculations – Retaining structures – Screens - NF P94-282 - Mars 2009
- Justification of geotechnical structures – Eurocode 7 national application standards – Surface foundations - NF P94-261 - Juin 2013
- Eurocode 7: geotechnical design – Part 1: General rules - NF EN 1997-1/A1 - Avril 2014
- Geotechnical calculations – Retaining structures – Reinforced earthworks and nailed soil - NF...
The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference
A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects
