Water and Energy International
Year : 2019, Volume : 62r, Issue : 3
First page : ( 50) Last page : ( 59)
Print ISSN : 0974-4207. Online ISSN : 0974-4711.

Charts for Techno-Economic Design of Masonry Breast walls

Chalisgaonkar Rajendra*

Former Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation Department, Government of Uttarakhand

*AICTE Adjunct Professor, MITS, Gwalior and Water Resources and Hydropower Consultant

Online published on 27 August, 2019.

Abstract

Masonry breast walls are simple structures and commonly built to retain earthen slopes for various purposes. These simple breast walls are never seriously designed for the loads and therefore many problems are encountered in the field. The paper presents easy-to-use charts for the design of masonry breast walls up to 5m height, eliminating design calculations. The charts presented herein, will serve as a ready reckoner to the field engineers working in Highway and Water Resources sector and facilitate them in providing techno-economic sections of masonry breast walls quickly.

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