Rajendra Chalisgaonkar - Former Engineer-inChief, Irrigation Department. Govt. of Uttarakhand, India and Water Resourcees and Hydropower Consultant

Masonry retaining walls are generally constructed to retain earth and resist the lateral pressure of the soil against the wall. Although these are very simple structures and commonly built in every nook and corner, yet many problems are encountered in the field. In the present paper, influence of geometry of masonry retaining walls have been studied and results are presented in the form of charts so that design/field engineers/researchers, working in highways/water resources/construction sector, can provide technoeconomic sections as per site conditions before constructing the massive masonry retaining walls.

Retaining walls, Gravity, Breast wall, Shapes, Influence, Vertical face, Base/height ratio, Economic design