What are the most common engineering failures with designing a retaining wall?

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Question ajoutée par Wolf Klaas Kinsbergen , Managing Director, Designer , ingenieursbureau KB International NV
Date de publication: 2014/12/23

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par Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

Blowout Failure

Wet Soil Failure

Frost Heave Failure

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par Wolf Klaas Kinsbergen , Managing Director, Designer , ingenieursbureau KB International NV

thank you mr. Al Yazouri, also taking the soil for granted, insufficient survey.

Forgetting to check the resistant's to the horizontal forces, at the too of the wall

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