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Sheet Pile Walls: CE 163 First Semester 2011-2012

Sheet pile walls are constructed using prefabricated steel or concrete sections that are driven or vibrated into the ground. They can be cantilevered or anchored. Cantilevered sheet pile walls derive their structural resistance from the full section of the pile and may fail due to excessive lateral earth pressures, bending moments that exceed the section capacity, or instability caused by excessive deflection. Analysis and design of cantilevered sheet pile walls involves calculating the lateral earth pressures, bending moment, and required section based on the wall geometry and soil properties.

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Sheet Pile Walls: CE 163 First Semester 2011-2012

Sheet pile walls are constructed using prefabricated steel or concrete sections that are driven or vibrated into the ground. They can be cantilevered or anchored. Cantilevered sheet pile walls derive their structural resistance from the full section of the pile and may fail due to excessive lateral earth pressures, bending moments that exceed the section capacity, or instability caused by excessive deflection. Analysis and design of cantilevered sheet pile walls involves calculating the lateral earth pressures, bending moment, and required section based on the wall geometry and soil properties.

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SHEET PILE WALLS

CE 163
First Semester 2011-2012
DEFINITION
• Sheet pile walls are constructed by driving prefabricated
sections into the ground.
• Soil conditions may allow for the sections to be vibrated into
ground instead of it being hammer driven.
• The full wall is formed by connecting the joints of adjacent
sheet pile sections in sequential installation.
• Sheet pile walls provide structural resistance by utilizing the
full section.
• Steel sheet piles are most commonly used in deep
excavations, although reinforced concrete sheet piles have
also being used successfully.
Sheet Pile Walls
• Two types of sheet piles walls:
– Cantilevered
– Anchored
• Because sheet pile wall is flexible, lateral earth
pressures differ significantly from those
predicted by earth pressure theories
Construction of Backfill Structure
Construction Sequence for Dredged
Cantilevered Sheet Pile Wall
Cantilevered Sheet Pile Wall
Cantilevered Sheet Pile Wall
 1   L1 K a
L  L1  L2
 2    L1   L2 
 2
L3 
   K p  Ka 
1 1 1
P   1L1   1L2    2   1  L2   2 L3
2 2 2
Cantilevered Sheet Pile Wall
1  L1 
 E 2 1 1  3 2 3 
M   L  L  L

  L2 
  1 L2   L3 
 2 
1 L 
   2   1  L2  2  L3 
2  3 
1  2 
  2 L3  L3 
2 3 

z
 M E

P
 5    L1   L2  K p   L3  K p  K a 
Cantilevered Sheet Pile Wall
 1   L1 K a
L  L1  L2
 2    L1   L2 
 2
L3 
   K p  Ka 
1 1 1
P   1L1   1L2    2   1    2 L3
2 2 2
Cantilevered Sheet Pile Wall
5
A1 
   K p  Ka 
8P
A2 
   K p  Ka 
6 P  2 z    K p  K a    5 
A3 
   K p  Ka 
2 2

6 P  6 z  5  4 P 
A4 
   K p  Ka 
2 2

L44  A1 L34  A2 L24  A3 L4  A4  0


D  L3  L4
Ldesign  L1  L2  1.3D
Cantilevered Sheet Pile Wall

2P
z 
 K p  Ka   
 1  z
M max  P  z  z      z   K p  K a  
2

2 3
M max
S
 all
CE 163 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
1ST SEMESTER 2011-2012

MODES OF FAILURE OF SHEET PILE


WALLS
THE END

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