Breast Wall
Breast wall are types of protection walls used in civil engineering works. Breast are used to protect the fresh cut of earth. There is always a confusion between retaining wall and breast wall. The Breast wall is built on the hill side of a Road as it protects the natural cut slope of Road. Retaining wall is built on the valley side of road. Breast has a small range of height nearly from 2 to 3 meters and retaining wall can have more height. Breast wall help in protecting the cut slope from further Erosion. Both breast walls and Retaining walls are used in hilly road constructions having steep slopes and it can also be used in Embankment to protect them from erosion. Breast wall can be constructed in plain Concrete or in Stone Masonry. In these photos we can see Breast walls being constructed in Stone masonry ...
Very correct definition on clinometer!! While working myself with different survey instruments like Theodolites , alignment telescope , Sight level , Total Station for couple of decades its quite refreshing
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