ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COUNTERFORT
From a partial translation of French contrefort, from contre counter + fort strength.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERFORT»
Discover the use of
counterfort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
counterfort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reinforced Concrete Design: Design Theory and Examples, ...
12.3.7 Counterfort Design using Hillerborg's Strip Method The reactions from the
horizontal strips of the wall slab act as horizontal forces on the counterfort. At any
level, the force R on the counterfort from the 250 mm wide strips on either side ...
Prab Bhatt, T.J. MacGinley, Ban Seng Choo, 2006
2
Design of Structural Elements: Concrete, Steelwork, Masonry ...
(ii) Counterfort walls. In cases where a higher stem is needed, it may be
necessary to design the wall as a counterfort (Fig. 3.79). Counterfort walls can be
designed as continuous slabs spanning horizontally between vertical supports
known as ...
3
Reinforced Concrete: Design theory and examples
A counterfort retaining wall is shown in Fig. 12.6. The spacing is usually made
equal to the height of the wall. The following comments are made regarding the
design. (a) Stability Consider as one unit a centre-to-centre length of panels
taking ...
B.S. Choo, T.J. MacGinley, 2002
4
Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, 2nd Edition
A counterfort acts as a T-beam with the stem and resists the bending moment
produced by the earth pressure at the base of the stem. The couple, produced by
the tension in the reinforcement at the rear of the counterfort and the compression
...
Supporting and securing the latter offered no difficulties, as they are readily
located and fixed in the required position on the counterfort frame. The treatment
of the counterfort bar was the difficult problem, which was simply and successfully
met ...
6
Graphic Guide to Frame Construction
Rob Thallon. note counterfort muSt be profeSSionally engineered. reinforcement
iS required for tenSion and Shear. counterfort rebar tied to retaining wall &
footing retaining wall 8-in.-thick counterfort wall footing drainpipe note footing iS
large ...
Supporting and securing the latter offered no difficulties, as they are readily
located and fixed in the required position on the counterfort frame. The treatment
of the counterfort bar was the difficult problem, which was simply and successfully
met ...
Supporting and securing the latter offered no difficulties, as they are readily
located and fixed in the required position on the counterfort frame. The treatment
of the counterfort bar was the difficult problem, which was simply and successfully
met ...
9
Biotechnical and Soil Bioengineering Slope Stabilization: A ...
These stability requirements are considered in Section 5.1.3. Cantilever and
Counterfort Walls: Cantilever and counterfort walls are constructed from
reinforced concrete; they are usually classified as semigravity walls because they
do not rely ...
10
Earth Retention Conference 3
NUMERICAL STUDY ON A NEW STRUT-FREE COUNTERFORT EMBEDDED
WALL IN SINGAPORE S.S. Chuah1 and S.A. Tan, Harry2 1 PE(Civil), PE(Geo), M
.Sc (Civil & Geotech), Former Graduate Student, National University of Singapore
...
Richard J. Finno, Youssef M.A. Hashash, Pedro Arduino, Editors
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERFORT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
counterfort is used in the context of the following news items.
The Harbury slip
The deepening of the counterfort drains helped to release the water pressure to a certain extent and stabilise the slope. However, counteracting ... «Rail Engineer, May 15»
For 9/11 Wall, a Little Support and a Permanent Place
The new permanent support behind the old slurry wall is called a pilaster wall or a counterfort, referring to its role as a buttress. It consists of a ... «New York Times, Apr 08»
