walls

EK709

Walls that are constructed before the placement of backfill should be designed to withstand the compaction earth pressures.

EK665

For buildings in consequence class 1, no further consideration for robustness is necessary provided that the building has been designed adequately against normal use. For lower class 2 buildings additionalhorizontal […]

EK436

Where the concentrated loads are very large, walls may need to be reinforced with pilasters. Pilasters are essentially columns and carry the large concentrated loads directly to the footing. The […]

EK187

When the location and distribution of the walls are such that their centre of resistance coincides closely with the centre of the mass and the geometric centroid of the complete […]