Abstract
In cases where the space available for the Reinforced Earth (RE) walls is less than required, "narrowed reinforced earth walls" are usually preferred for construction which placed adjacent to the existing stable slopes/walls. The behavior of such narrow RE walls differs from traditional RE walls and differences include a magnitude of earth pressure, failure modes, and distribution of tension along with the reinforcement which is required to be understood as these wall systems have contrasting behavior to conventional RE wall. Also, by considering actual characteristics of narrow RE walls, the design of a narrow RE wall can be improvised further to give economical design solutions. Hence, this paper provides reviews of research papers that have been done so far with regards to the narrow RE wall. That research work covers an extensive scope of the area, including centrifugal modeling study, numerical modeling, and fieldscale tests on the performance of a narrow RE wall. Literature study