3. Sizing and justification of retaining walls
3.1 Global stability justification
The justification of overall stability is crucial, especially for retaining walls built on slopes. Such justifications are generally based on slope stability calculations, such as Bishop's simplified method, which assumes that potential failure surfaces are circular (figure 31 ).
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