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retaining wall

In French: mur de soutènement

Definition

A wall that holds back soil where the ground level changes. It has to resist the push of that soil and of the water in it, so it needs a buried toe, a drainage zone and, depending on height, the load above and the soil, geogrid and an engineer's input.

Also called

  • retaining structure
  • SRW (segmental retaining wall)

Other names in French

  • mur de retenue

Sources

  1. The OIQ treats a retaining wall as a structure that carries the load of the soil.

    Les murs de soutènement · Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec