Retaining Walls: 2b. Retaining Walls Terminology & Types

Topics retaining walls Structural Concepts: Soils & Foundations Active Lateral Soil PressureBearing Pressure Angle of Repose backfill Battered Bedrock Catilever Retaining Wall Clay Couple Dead Load Deadmen Dry Sand Friction Gravel Gravity Retaining Wall heel HP Pile keyway Moist Sand Moment Organic Overturning sand Saturated Sand Settlement Silt Sinking sliding Soil Anchor Soil Nails stem Tieback toe Wet Sand