BS8002:2015 BSI Standards Publication Code of practice for earth retaining structures bsi. ..making excellence a habit. Brissh Standards Institution Licensee-Chongqing of quslity and Standardizaion 5900390 Provided by IHS under icense with BSI-Uncontrolled Copy No.for Re5ae 20158/2708:23:53 No reproduction or networking pemitted wihout ioonse from IHS BS8002:2015 BRITISH STANDARD Publishing and copyright information The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. @The British Standards Institution 2015 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2015 ISBN9780580866784 ICS93.020 The following BSI references relate to the work on this document: Committee reference B/526 Draft for ment 15/30301518 DC Publication history First published April 1994 Second (present)edition June 2015 Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected Brissh Standards Institution Licensee-Chongqing of quslity and Standardizaion 5900390 Provided by IHS under icense with BSI-Uncontrolled Copy No.for Re5ae 20158/2708:23:53 No reproduction or networking permitted wihout loonse from IHS BRITISH STANDARD BS8002:2015 Contents Foreword iii 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references 1 3 Terms and definitions 6 4 General rules 7 5 Gravity retaining walls 43 6 Semi-gravity retaining walls 61 7 Embedded retaining walls 69 8 Cofferdams basements and strutted excavations 82 Annexes Annex A (normative)Deadman anchors 86 Annex B(informative)Specific formations 89 Bibliography 92 List of figures Figure 1-Suggested values for characteristic weight density of soils above the groundwater table 15 Figure 2-Suggested values for characteristic weight density of soils below the groundwater table 16 Figure 3-Stiffness parameters for non-linear soil 22 Figure 4-Maximum effective horizontal earth pressure from paction theory 36 Figure 5-Examples of mass concrete retaining walls 45 Figure 6-Examples of unreinforced masonry retaining walls 46 Figure 7-Examples of gabion retaining...