Reinforced Concrete Buttress Wall

Cantilever retaining walls are constructed of reinforced concrete.

Reinforced concrete buttress wall.

A gravity wall h 3m masonry or stone b cantilever wall h 3m and h 6m c counterfort wall h 8m d buttress wall transverse stem support provided on front side e e bridge abutment additional horizontal restraint from bridge deck a gravity wall h 3m masonry or stone. No doubt there are many concrete basement walls without reinforcement. Design of cantilever retaining wall counterfort and buttress retaining wall deals with structural design. They consist of a relatively thin stem and a base slab the base is also divided into two parts the heel and toe the heel is the part of the base under the backfill.

A buttress is a structure built to support or reinforce the height of a masonry wall. Types of reinforced concrete retaining wall and their components. Surcharge on retaining walls earth pressure. Buttresses can be built close to an exterior wall or built away from a wall.

Principles of retaining wall design. By a basement wall i mean a wall with living space on one side and outside soil or other backfill on the other and a superstructure overhead. Buttresses counteract side thrust lateral force preventing a wall from bulging and buckling by pushing against it transferring the force to the ground. Retaining walls and soil reinforcement are at the heart of what we do.