Design of Retaining Wall

Abstract

Retaining structures hold back soil or other loose material where an abrupt change in ground elevation
occurs. The retained material or backfill exerts a push on the structure and thus tends to overturn or slide it, or both. The
cantilever is the most common type of retaining wall and is used for walls in the range of 3to 6m in height. This study
presents analyses and design of cantilever retaining wall which is made from an internal stem of steel-reinforced, castin-place concrete (often in the shape of an inverted T). In this work a detailed analyses and design for this type of walls
which include estimation of primary dimensions of the wall, then these dimensions were checked. The factor of safety
against sliding, overturning and bearing were calculated. the shear resistance for the base, the tension stresses in the
stem andthe tension stresses for the base were checked. Calculation of reinforcement for each part of the wall were done.
All analysis and design are based on the ACI code.