GGU-RETAIN: General notes to types of retaining wall

The following types of retaining wall can be analysed:

• soldier pile walls,

• sheet pile walls,

• bored pile walls,

• diaphragm walls,

• bored soldier pile walls,

• FMI/MIP wall,

• combined sheet pile walls.

Sheet pile walls, bored pile walls and diaphragm walls differ only in respect to the design of their sections, i.e. design of the reinforced concrete to EC 2 (bored pile wall = circular cross section; diaphragm wall = rectangular cross section). Soldier pile walls and bored soldier pile walls differ only with respect to the design of the steel section (soldier pile wall) and the circular cross section (bored soldier pile wall). The FMI (cut, mix, inject) wall, which is often also referred to as a MIP (mixed-in-place) wall, represents a special case.