Segmental Concrete Gravity Retaining Walls

Retaining walls are often used for grade changes and for other functional reasons such as widening driveways walkways or creating more space in a patio outdoor area.

Segmental concrete gravity retaining walls.

Provide concrete slope protection as required. Become a keystone producer. Construction topics and caveats 24. What are concrete segmental retaining walls.

Setback sliding wedge. Our low absorption high strength solid concrete units provide not only the long lasting durability engineers expect but also the limitless number of design options. Simac specifying segmental retaining walls landscape architecture march 1994. National concrete masonry association 2009.

The concrete alone would cost more than the srw. Since 1987 versa lok has been creating solid solutions for architects and engineers with the industry s original solid top pinning segmental retaining wall system. Explore our portfolio of retaining walls pavers patio stones and more. 454 1 description 13 construct segmental gravity retaining walls consisting of segmental retaining wall srw units 14 supported by aggregate footings.

Place concrete wall with a veneer to achieve the same look. This is a typical non site specific design. Design manual for segmental retaining walls third edition. A retaining wall that relies solely on it s own weight to stand up is called a gravity wall allan block combines the basic engineering principles of setback leverage and total unit mass with simple mechanics to make highly stable gravity walls.

Para meters listed above. Cantilevered tilt up walls 13. Standard specification for segmental retaining wall units astm c 1372 04e2. Pilaster masonry walls 19.

Restrained non yielding walls 20. Swimming pool walls 18. Segmental retaining walls 17. Segmental retaining walls consist of a facing system and a lateral tieback system.

The wedge is defined as the soil which extends beyond the failure. Cip esignd 15 if required and construct segmental gravity retaining walls based on actual elevations wall. An information series from the national authority on concrete masonry technology ncma tek 15 5b 1 segmental retaining wall design introduction segmental retaining walls srws function as gravity structures by relying on self weight to resist the destabilizing forces due to retained soil backfill and surcharge loads. Soldier pile walls 22.

Segmental gravity retaining walls 12. The an alysis was perfor d as outlined in the nation concrete masonry association design manual for segmental retaining walls second edition. The self weight of the srw system is either the weight continue reading. No analysis of global stability total or differential settlement or seismic effects has been performed.

Wood retaining walls 14. Sheet pile walls 21.