Supporting and Cladding Walls

Potporni zidovi tema su ovog završnog rada. Potporni zidovi su građevinski objekti koji spadaju u kategoriju potpornih konstrukcija. Uvodni dio objašnjava što zapravo jesu potporne konstrukcije, gdje se koriste i koja im je svrha. U daljnjim poglavljima razrađene su tematike vezane uz opterećenja koja djeluju na potporne zidove, podjelu i vrste potpornih zidova, svrha obložnih zidova, problematika odvodnje iza potpornog zida te proračun i dimenzioniranje potpornih zidova prema europskoj normi, Eurokodu 7, kao i primjer proračuna konkretnog potpornog zida.The subject of this paper are retaining walls. Retaining walls are construction objects that belong to the category of supporting structures. The introductory part explains what support structures actually are, where are they used and what their purpose is. In further chapters, loads acting on retaining walls are explained, also the division and types of retaining walls, the purpose of facing walls, the issue of drainage behind the retaining wall, and the calculation and dimensioning of retaining walls according to the European standard, Eurocode 7, as well as an concrete example of the calculation of retaining wall