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  1. Eng_1234

    An unusual retaining wall application - I think

    This question isn't about retaining walls or conventional soil anchors (in the slope stabilisation sense). For the avoidance of doubt the force I would like to resist is in the direction indicated in the sketch below. i.e. all the tension tie rods and piles in figure 16.13 above would be in...
  2. Eng_1234

    An unusual retaining wall application - I think

    Homework? Oh dear me, if only I had so much to look forward to. The details of the something heavy and the rest of the operation I'm comfortable with and won't be shared on a public forum for all the usual reasons. Sorry. The question I asked resolves to the geotechnical details of an anchor in...
  3. Eng_1234

    An unusual retaining wall application - I think

    I have a need to pull something very heavy along the ground, where the calculated pull is in the order of hundreds of metric tonnes force. The pull will be done by a large winch, with a big wire, all straightforward so far. The question I have is how to anchor the winch (i.e. react the force of...

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