Technical: Technical Guidance Notes: Level 2, No. 18: Design of unreinforced masonry retaining walls

• Chris ORegan ^[1]
  1. [1] Albert Einstein College of Medicine

     Albert Einstein College of Medicine

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Structural Engineer: journal of the Institution of Structural Engineer, ISSN 1466-5123, Vol. 96, Nº. 10, 2018, págs. 28-31
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This Technical Guidance Note is intended to act as an aide to those seeking to design an unreinforced masonry retaining wall. Following this guidance will prevent cracking and ensure that the wall performs as originally intended.

    The note will not cover the design of reinforced masonry retaining walls and variants of that form. Such reinforcement typically strengthens the wall itself against induced bending stresses and the wall’s geometry will therefore be somewhat diff erent to that of an unreinforced retaining wall.

    The note will also not discuss the applied actions that a retaining wall will be subjected to, nor the construction of retaining walls. These subjects have previously been covered in the following Technical Guidance Notes:

    Level 1, No. 8: Derivation of loading to retaining structures and Level 1, No. 33:

    Retaining wall construction. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the content of both these notes.