Geotechnical Engineering

DHARM

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Sheetpiling

Sheetpiling

Anchor rod

Deadman

Anchor

support

Stem

Toe Heel

Counterforts Buttresses

Base slab

(a) Gravity retaining wall (b) Cantilever retaining wall

(c) Counterfort retaining wall (d) Buttress retaining wall

(e) Sheet pile wall (cantilever type) (f) Anchored bulk head

Fig. 13.1 Types of earth-retaining structures