Segmental retaining walls can be designed as either conventional or as reinforced soil as illustrated in figure 1.
Segmental concrete reinforced soil retaining walls.
Soil reinforced segmental retaining walls.
Geogrid reinforced soil walls.
The structural capacity of the srw system will vary with the srw unit size shape batter etc.
The reinforced soil mass along with the facing.
Without adequate retention slopes can cave slump or slide.
Describe the characteristics of reinforced segmental retaining walls srws and how they are a safe and efficient method of earth stabilization.
The walls are infilled with granular soil with or without reinforcement while retaining the backfill soil.
Reinforced walls utilize horizontal layers typically of geogrids.
The reinforcement increases the effective width and weight of the gravity system.
Segmental retaining walls consist of modular concrete blocks that interlock with each other.
Identify the different features of gravity and stabilized aggregate retaining wall structures and explain how they are effective and safe soil retention systems.
The wall face is often of precast segmental blocks panels or geocells that can tolerate some differential movement.
The soil is stabilized by horizontal layers of reinforcement typically a geosynthetic material.
They are used to hold back a sloping face of soil to provide a solid vertical front.