Title:
Charts and a Direct Method For Design of Cantilever Retaining Walls
Author(s):
William A. Jones
Publication:
Journal Proceedings
Volume:
40
Issue:
Appears on pages(s):
5-32
Keywords:
DOI:
10.14359/8647
Date:
9/1/1943
Abstract:
Describes and illustrates a method for the design of retaining walls with special reference to the highway field. Included is a suggested classification of walls. It touches lightly on the selection of wall types and of earth -pressure formulas and factors, and discusses and illustrates briefly the preparation of charts. Both method and charts were developed and used by the author in a large bridge designing office and for the design of practically all wing walls of the numerous bridges of the Pennsylvania Turn-pike, thereby saving design cost and facilitating the intense design pace of the project.