Cantilever Walls

Reinforced concrete cantilever retaining walls are suitable for heights up to 7 m. It has a vertical stem monolithic with the base. The slender sections are possible as the tensile stresses within the stem and the base are resisted by steel reinforcement. If the face of the wall is to be exposed a small backward batter of about 1 in 50 is provided in order to compensate for any forward tilting of the wall as shown in Figure 2.

                                     Figure: Cantilever Wall