Talk:Retaining wall

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Elaborate

I plan on elaborating and clarifying this page with the use of university resources. Proper APA citations and references will be added. AsmithNJIT (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:23, 1 April 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Good plan, but I don't understand why you completely removed the lead in this edit [[1]]? Now there is no text until after the TOC and picture. Robsavoie (talk) 21:25, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Retaining wall is an important topic we need to elaborate more. I plan to add methods to compute earth pressure behind the wall, which is important for design. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.229.156.196 (talk • contribs)

Reinforcement methods

This page only briefly mentions newer, reinforced methods. In particular, mechanically stabilized earth walls (segmented, modular block facing, and T-walls), which are probably the most common forms today, are not mentioned. Also, only a brief mention of cut walls is given. 128.62.104.3 19:10, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Retaining wall

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I've listed this article for peer review because…
(1) It needs cleanup
(2) It needs more references and in-line citations

Thanks, Thisisborin9^talk/_contribs 02:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhrfisch comments: First off, I think it is great that you realize some of the issues that need to be resolved to improve the article. Unfortunately, Peer review is for pointing out such issues and not really for resolving them. Is there a relevant WikiProject - they might be able to help with more references.

This is an interesting article and the figure is great - any chance on a second figure to illustrate the three types of walls not already in the first figure (Soil nailing and the two types of Soil-strengthened walls)?
Per WP:LEAD the lead should summarize the article and noting in the lead should not also be in the body.
- I would add a section before the current types of walls analyzing the stresses on retaining walls, and add some mention of the various types of walls to the lead.
- Also a section on materials used (now in lead, not really in the article) and their strengths and weaknesses.
Many of the sections are very short and should either be expanded or combined into larger sections.
I would make sure provide context for the reader - see WP:PCR and avoid or at least explain jargon - see WP:JARGON.
Any way that there could be some history of these types of walls? I imagine the gravity wall is oldest, but when were the others deleoped and by whome?
Not sure what else to say - I have not commented on refs or cleanup as those problems were already identified.

Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 19:15, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

rock retaining wall

Need advice on how to build free stone rock retaining wall 50 m long 2 m high 40 to 80 kg boulders. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.148.175.225 (talk) 02:04, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jargon

This whole article reads like a textbook. Consider the first paragraph:

"A retaining wall is a structure designed and constructed to resist the lateral pressure of soil when there is a desired change in ground elevation that exceeds the angle of repose of the soil. The active pressure increases on the retaining wall proportionally from zero at the upper grade level to a maximum value at the lowest depth of the wall. The total pressure or thrust may be assumed to be acting through the centroid of the triangular distribution pattern, one-third above the base of the wall."

Angle of repose? Active pressure? Total pressure or thrust? Centroid of the triangular distribution pattern? This stuff isn't even linked anywhere. How's an average Joe supposed to get any of this? I added the jargon tag until this gets fixed, which could take a while. 192.83.228.119 (talk) 22:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote a new simpler introduction and moved the jargon, which is a technical defnition, to the section Definition. Clearly the technical terms like Angle of repose, etc. should be linked. --Theosch (talk) 13:25, 16 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weight or mass?

Re [2]

"Gravity walls depend on their (mass/weight) (stone, concrete or other heavy material) to resist pressure from behind"

Which is best here: mass or weight? Originally this was mass, but was changed to weight and later reverted. I saw the first change and initially presumed it would be wrong, as this sort of change is usually more appropriate as mass.

However thinking about it, I prefer weight. The benefit of a retaining wall (especially a gravity wall!) is from the weight. Mass effects, such as inertia, aren't going to have a significant effect for a static situation like this, rather than dynamic.

Thoughts? Andy Dingley (talk) 21:25, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]