What are the types of retaining wall?

Following are the types of retaining walls -

1. Gravity wall
2. Reinforced concrete wall
3. Sheet pile wall

Gravity walls are of the following types

• Mass concrete or masonry wall

• Wall on wells

• Precast block wall

• Two-row sheet pile wall

• Crib wall

Reinforced concrete wall are of the following types 

• Cantilever type – ‘T’ wall or ‘L’ wall

• Counterfort or buttressed wall

Sheet pile walls are of the following types

• Cantilever sheet pile wall

• Anchored sheet pile wall or anchored bulkhead