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RECo MSE Wall at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
Project Related

RECo MSE Wall Supports Rocket Launches

August 10, 2020 rockman Project Related Comments Off on RECo MSE Wall Supports Rocket Launches

There is a neat little blurb in Roads and Bridges magazine on a small mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Coast of Virginia. The wall was designed and […]

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Software Updates

Strata Offers Free Geotechnical Software to Make Planning and Estimating Easier

March 4, 2011 rockman Software Updates Comments Off on Strata Offers Free Geotechnical Software to Make Planning and Estimating Easier

7 February 2011 – Strata Systems is offering a free software tool, StrataSlope™, to help in the design of reinforced steep slopes and walls. The software includes material estimating, limit equilibrium analysis, direct sliding stability […]

Portion of a failed 38-ft high modular block MSE retaining wall.
Failures

Retaining Wall Failure and Rebuild 6041

February 24, 2011 rockman Failures Comments Off on Retaining Wall Failure and Rebuild 6041

Another case study from RetainingWallExpert.com, this one for the failure of a 38-ft high geogrid-reinforced modular block MSE retaining wall. They note that the failure of the retaining wall follows their typical recipe, ‘Just Add […]