Retaining Walls: In Theory and Practice, a Text-Book for Students (Classic Reprint)

By T.E. Coleman

Excerpt from Retaining Walls: In Theory and Practice, a Text-Book for Students

Introduction - General principles of design - Difierent forms of retaining walls - Arrangement of earth filling behind embank ment walls - Limiting slope of battered face - Walls with but tresses and counterforts - Vaulted retaining walls - Buttressed horizontal arched walls - Land ties - Vaulted revetment walls Surcharged retaining walls - Natural slope of earths - Simple formulae and rules for computing the thickness of walls for retaining earth or water.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1332223370
• ISBN13: 9781332223374
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"