Retaining walls are usually built to hold back soil mass. However, retaining
walls can also be constructed for aesthetic landscaping purposes.
Classification of Retaining walls

1- Gravity wall-Masonry or Plain concrete
2-  Cantilever retaining wall-RCC
(Inverted T and L)
3-  Counterfort retaining wall-RCC
4-  Buttress wall-RCC

this excel sheet introduces Design of Counterfort Retaining wall according to ACI

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