Types of Retaining Walls

Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides.

They are used to bound soils between two different elevations often in areas of terrain possessing undesirable slopes or in areas where the landscape needs to be shaped severely and engineered for more specific purposes like hillside farming or roadway overpasses.

A retaining wall that retains soil on the backside and water on the frontside is called a seawall or a bulkhead.

Next we will go about what are the different types of retaining walls.

Gravity Walls

Some gravity walls don't utilize mortar, depending entirely on their weight to remain set up, as on account of dry stone walls. These walls for the most part are trapezoidal in area. Gravity walls require overwhelming establishment because of the enormous size of the wall. They are prudent and reasonable for just little statues.

Semi-Gravity Retaining Wall

Cantilever Retaining Wall

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