OpenSpace / ADAC Version v5.0.1

RetainingWall

Represents a continuous retaining wall feature. Includes terrestrial, freshwater and marine revetment walls.

Geometry: geometry_linear_multipath_complex
ADAC
ADAC Versions
v4.1 Introduced v4.2 v5.0.1 v6.0.0 LATEST

Attributes

Required and optional XML attributes
Use enum
Required

Context of use for this wall. i.e Terrestrial or Marine.

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Terrestrial Terrestrial (land based) revetment wall.
Freshwater Freshwater revetment wall. Designed to cope with freshwater flood levels. Also engineered walls for pools and ponds.
Marine Marine revetment wall
Material enum
Required

The material/type of Retaining Wall eg: Rock, Conc. Block, Conc. Crib.

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Boulder Boulder
Concrete Concrete, poured in situ.
ConcreteCrib ConcreteCrib
PrecastConcreteSlab PrecastConcreteSlab
Masonry Masonry bricks or blocks.
Rock Rock or stone, either placed, or mortared.
TimberSleeper Timber sleepers or logs.
TimberCrib TimberCrib
ShotBinding Pneumatically projected binding material, usually concrete or stabilising mortar.
Construction enum
Required

Construction principle of this wall (eg: Gravity, Piled, Cantilever).

Accepted Values
ValueDescription
Gravity These walls use their own weight and any captured soil or fill weight to resist the lateral soil pressure.
Piled These walls use the embedded depth of vertical posts and the strength of the posts to resist lateral soil forces.
Cantilever These walls cantilever vertically from the concrete footing and typically resist overturning by the mass of the soil or material on the heel of the footing.
Length_m Float_Positive_NonZero
Required

The lineal length of the wall in metres.

Height_m Float_Positive_NonZero
Required

The height (or average height) of the wall in metres.