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Drystone Retaining Walls

drystone statics literature
YearTitle
1892Merriman M. A Text-Book on Retaining Walls and Masonry Dams. New York: Wiley; 1892. ( https://ia800900.us.archive.org/16/items/atextbookonreta01merrgoog/atextbookonreta01merrgoog.pdf )
2004Villemus B Boutin C Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (Lyon). Etude Des Murs De Soutènement En Maçonnerie De Pierres Sèches = the Study of Dry-Stone Masonry Retaining Walls. 2004.( https://www.decouverte-cevennes.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Thesepierreseche.pdf )
2009Mundell, C.; et al. Drystone retaining walls: from full scale testing to construction requirements. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Non-conventional Materials and Technologies NOCMAT 2009
2016McCombie PF Morel J-C Garnier D. Drystone Retaining Walls : Design Construction and Assessment. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 2016. doi:10.1201/b19095
2020Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein. Trockenmauerwerk in Naturstein : Bautechnik Erhaltung Und Ökologie. 1. Auflage ed. Zürich: Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein; 2020.
2022Ciblac T Morel J-C. Sustainable Masonry : Stability and Behavior of Structures. London: ISTE; 2014. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10899799. Accessed November 11 2022.
2025Bingdong Ding, Ignacio Pérez-Rey, Manuel A. Gonzalez-Fernandez, Sifan Yuan, Huiming Tang, Leandro R. Alejano. Optimizing shape design in drystone retaining walls: A multi-scope approach focusing on failure mechanisms. Construction and Building Materials, 489 (2025)
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Earth Pressure

literature earth pressure
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0000https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_earth_pressure 
0000https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_earth_pressure 

Friction

literature friction
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0000Wyllie DC. Rock Slope Engineering : Civil Applications. Fifth ed. Boca Raton FL: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group; 2018.