How Reinforced Earth works

Posted on May 8, 2019 by dougaj4

“Reinforced Earth” is the name of  a construction system widely used in retaining walls around the World.  Here is a short video demonstrating how the system works, which is both informative and entertaining:

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1 Response to How Reinforced Earth works

  1. Larry Schuster says:
    May 9, 2019 at 5:00 am

    Fascinating. Thanks. As the saying goes – “mechanical engineers build bombs; civil engineers build targets.” As a mechanical engineer, it’s good to know these things, for future reference 🙂

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