However plum concrete is also used as retaining wall system.
Plum concrete retaining wall design.
Retaining walls of plain concrete do not have any major advantages ove.
Gravity retaining walls are constructed with mass concrete and they have massive volume as it required to maintain stability.
Based on our example in figure a 1 we have the forces due to soil pressure due to water and surcharge load to consider.
However poured concrete retaining walls do not need a batter.
Example 01 using plum concrete 1 3 6 sloped retaining wall.
Like the masonry wall the poured concrete wall also needs a reinforced concrete footing and weep holes every 6 to 8 feet.
According to him the sloping face of plum masonry retaining wall should be finished with a plywood or steel formwork.
Stone crete is used for sound barrier walls retaining walls subdivision entry walls or wherever.
I assume that the question asked is how is plain concrete retaining wall better than a rcc retaining wall pcc or plain cement concrete is concrete with out any reinforcement.
Design of sloped retaining wall.
I have contacted one of my friend who have actually worked in project where plum concrete retaining walls were used.
Gravity retaining wall source.
Internet in general vertical and horizontal forces are acting on the retaining wall based on the ground conditions.
Interlacing concrete block retaining walls.
Design of slopped gravity retaining wall in excel design of vertical gravity retaining wall sloped type.
A retaining wall constructed of interlacing concrete blocks requires a simple crushed stone footing.
Sketches of the retaining wall forces should be considered to properly distinguish the different forces acting on our retaining wall as tackled in the previous article retaining wall.