Gabions - Design of Retaining Walls

This course has been discontinued.

Gabions are a common method of construction for retaining walls. They can be less expensive and more aesthetically pleasing than concrete retaining walls. This 2-hour interactive online course contains guidance on how to design gabion retaining walls. The text of this course is taken from a design guide provided by Modular Gabion Systems, a manufacturer of gabions. Several design examples are provided to aid the student in understanding the design process.

There is a test included at the end of this course.

At the conclusion of this course, you will: understand

• The forces that act on a gabion retaining wall and how to compute these forces
• How a gabion wall resists the forces that tend to overturn the wall and how to compute these overturning forces
• How a gabion wall resists the forces that tend to make the wall slide and how to compute these sliding forces
• The appropriate factors of safety for gabion walls
• How wire mesh placed in the fill behind the wall can increase the ability of the wall to resist overturning and sliding forces