The retaining walls are one of most types of engineering constructions and it have
built from natural stones before discovering concrete, Where natural stones have
considered one of the early human materials used in building engineering constructio
ns for
thousands of years, and many facilities in ancient civilization still existing effects so far,
And after the discovery of the concrete and reinforced concrete, the retaining walls which
was built from natural stones diminished relatively
Despite the years this retaining walls has not lost its luster and brilliance, and there
is increased interest in recent years in using new building material which consists of
manufactured stones where used together with traditional construction materials in several
areas both in geotechnical engineering or building … Etc .
This retaining walls present simple technical solutions and it is desirable for aesthetic
reasons and simple implementation and resistance to external conditions,
In addition to being economical solutions limited cost compared to traditional
reinforced concrete retaining walls.
This research deals with the study of the behavior of Segmental Stone Retaining
Walls (SRW) under the static and dynamic loads and parametric study of the most
important factors which influence stability of these retaining walls.
