(1) THIS book brings together for the use of the engineering student in a handy form for reference the various graphical methods due to Culmann, Rebhann, and others, for solving problems connected, ...

BEFORE entering upon the investigation of retaining walls and their design, the author devotes two chapters to the consideration of earthwork slopes and the lateral pressure of earth. Owing to the ...

The worldwide acceptance and use of mechanically stabilised earth (MSE) technology is one of the most significant civil engineering developments of the past 50 years, says retaining wall company ...

Reporting from Oroville, Calif. — Any dam engineer would be terrified of this nightmare scenario — the possible collapse of a retaining wall in California’s second largest reservoir. That’s the ...