How to Design a Retaining Wall For Beginners

[@LombardoLaboratories]

I have been a structural engineer in the US for over 15 yrs and this is the single greatest explanation for retaining walls!

[@BEngHielscher]

That’s awesome to hear, thanks!

[@Kalvin9898]

Easy, simple, clean. Top quality and clear, concise steps. Recommending your videos to some of the junior members in my team!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!!

[@stuartdocherty8409]

I too have been sitting at my desk for a long time, but your work here is so much clearer and comprehensive than my crude spreadsheets...

[@TsunamiEngineer]

Nice video man, needed to do one of these about two weeks ago and coding it up in MathCad was actual cancer. Credits to you for making a fully functional excel sheet!

[@BEngHielscher]

Oh no haha! Thank you :)

[@AlinJoe-s3f]

wow your teaching skill is awsome,waitinf for your steel structure

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@simarjeetsidhu7533]

This is a great refresher of concepts, saved for future use. Thank you :)

[@harrisizhar9249]

Honestly, this is extremely educative and deserve so much more views. Wish you the best of luck

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@LynnOates-i8p]

Ben, you are an amazing teacher. When are you heading to graduate school, because teaching civil engineering to the next generation is your passion

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! That’s very nice of you to say :)

[@donarobbo]

Great video and resources, Ben. Thank you very much, these will also be handy for my new career in structural engineering.

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you and for sure!!

[@miggygaluza9234]

yesss, a new video while reviewing for my upcoming prelim exams

[@BEngHielscher]

Hope you enjoyed it and good luck!

[@macdedeh69]

your videos are very helpful Ben. Thanks!!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@flourishomotola5306]

Thanks Ben. This is amazing stuff. Well done.

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@DeepakKrishna11]

It was very helpful, thanks man.

[@BEngHielscher]

That’s great to hear, thanks!

[@AliAkbar-b5f]

Really Great lesson. impressive

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

[@martinzulu874]

Your videos are quite educative. Kindly do one for Reinforced concrete structures 🙏

[@BEngHielscher]

I have made a guide/excel sheet on reinforced concrete that is available already but perhaps I will make another video on this. Thanks!

[@marianinhacovas]

Woww what a great video idea! Might be very useful for my new job!!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! A lot of effort went into this one so that’s really great to hear. Yes I think so :)

[@AyaanKhan-ei3gk]

We have already studied theory in class,it would have been better if you teached us how to model and design this on software

[@BEngHielscher]

If you’ve got access to software that does the design for you, often inputting and setting it up is pretty self explanatory. I think understanding the theory and underlying concepts is what most beginners need first :)

[@abbashusainkhan8249]

I am a graduate civil engineer and want to become structure designer Your videos are great Can you please make a video on books for structure design for beginners for self learning

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! Yes I might make a video like this in future, thanks for the suggestion :)

[@footballrivalries19]

Hey Ben, Your videos are becoming more and more educational. Wishing you 100k subscribers this year.

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!!

[@sarthakshrestha2480]

Hi Ben, Easy and clean explanation. Does your excel sheets cover the timber/concrete sleeper retaining walls that are commonly used in Australia?

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! No it doesn’t, this spreadsheet includes cantilever walls only

[@swoyaman4969]

Awesome ,can you do one for steel structures too, thanks

[@Ravind698]

It is better understanding Presure prisom volume

[@rubencastaneda8873]

Awesome!!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

[@temitopeadebogun9184]

Hey can you also make a video on portal frame design

[@hugonunes]

Thank you for such a detailed explanation! So in theory this is same principle one could follow to design the walls of an in-ground swimming pool? I suppose the water pressure would work in our favor but we need to calculate for the worst case scenario, i.e. an empty pool.

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure! Yes, the same theory applies* and you are correct, the worst case for an in-ground pool is when it’s empty. *If you have a long pool where you could consider the wall to be bending one way (cantilever action) then all the same design procedures would be similar to a cantilever retaining wall. However for short pools, the bending in the walls is two ways so considering the bending in these cases to be one way will result in a very uneconomical design.

[@hugonunes]

@@BEngHielscher Thank you Ben! Could you clarify what you mean by two ways bending in short pools? I understand that the wall deflection on a short pool would be limited by the other perpendicular walls close to it, working like a membrane. Is this what you are referring to?

[@BEngHielscher]

I mean that rather than the wall just acting like a cantilever, it would also bend between the two perpendicular walls

[@ismaelibrahim3603]

Hey BEng hielscher I just discovered your channel and it's been really helpful, and I really like the simplicity in ur explanation. I just wanted to know what softwares you used to make the diagrams in your notes?

[@boluwashola_]

Good day. This a very informative video but what softwares will you advice for someone who's just getting started with structural design

[@godwillrabodiba]

Amen. Geotechnical engineering Bible. Thank you 😅fellow Engineers

[@rTbur312]

Damn this is hard!

[@JA-vr7ki]

This is great 😊 although I think you missed out on seismic forces which typically governs. Does your excel sheet include earthquake forces? 😮

[@venkatesh2285]

How to design swimming pool design do you have any videos related to that

[@rTbur312]

Damn this is hard.

[@Ravind698]

Prokon is easy and optimise design

[@rtz6188]

May i ask how long and how many do you design structure in a single day? I'm planning to be a structural design engineer but i'm worried that I won't be able to pursue it due to my hand & wrist health problem.

[@JamesKay238]

Is it possible to get the notes only without the spreadsheet?

[@nejcgorican8302]

Are calculations according to eurocodes?

[@BEngHielscher]

You could adjust the load factors used in the spreadsheet to suit eurocodes :)

[@mouhamedbhgt4996]

hello engr iam a 7 years experience in structure design in Dubai and i am willing to migrate to australia, so shall you recommend fpr me a course to adapt to australian market so i will be ready to work in my current job?

[@gobgob3371]

Hi, What's the password for the Excel file as I can't edit much on the file, cheers

[@BEngHielscher]

Hi there, the spreadsheet has been locked to avoid unwanted replication but majority of the cells have been set to visible so that the calculation can be followed as normal. As a learning resource, all calculations you would need are shown :)

[@er.nitinbarfa7309]

Hi you are going to sell this excel file $49 but $49 is Max in India we cannot afford this. We like all your videos and subscribe, we do everything but this money is a lot in India, in return you can provide it for free or for less money if you want.Because I have no knowledge and you explained it very well to me I watch all your videos and learn from them, I just request you to give me the files for free. 🎉

[@largal47]

I could have swore you labelled this as “for beginners”. I gave absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

[@zeyad2724]

Unique and helpful content.. all the best 🤎.

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you very much!