Crown wall with extended base slab

 

This paper presents the design philosophy and the construction stages of a non-standard crown-wall geometry. This geometry has a standard L-shape but built with an extended base slab at the front. The advantages of this crown-wall are that it can be made out of pre-cast elements which are easy to produce and place. This reduces the construction time and the downtime due to adverse weather conditions. Besides this its friction and overturning moment have been increased compared to the standard L-shape which reduces the required weight of the element.

 

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