Now we will learn how to analyze and design each type.
Cantilever sheet pile wall ppt.
Types of sheet pile several types of sheet piles are commonly used in construction a wooden sheet piles b precast concrete sheet piles c steel sheet piles d aluminum sheet piles 11 12.
Please note this value is applied only for passive pressure.
Sheet piles are generally thin piles.
In such walls the sheet piles are act as a wide cantilever beam above the dredge line.
Each sheet pile is threaded and driven directly to its final depth.
They make plates of concrete timber and.
It can be suitable when.
Restrained non yielding walls 20.
Sheet pile walls.
Tight installation tolerances are not a major concern mainly for temporary walls sheet pile are quite short leaning is not a predictable issue soil layers are not too compact.
To take into account the friction between the wall and the soil we use friction angle δ φ 2.
Construction method sheet pile may be divided into two basic categories.
Dredging from mccarthy 6th edition.
Sheet piles walls are also called bank heads.
Cantilever sheet piles cantilever sheet pile walls are usually recommended to use for walls of moderate height 6m measured above the dredge line.
Counterfort retaining walls are same as cantilever walls except they have thin vertical concrete webs at regular intervals along the backside of the wall and these webs are known as counterforts.
Cantilevered tilt up walls 13.
Wood retaining walls 14.
Designing the cantilever wall stem 9.
Sheet pile walls generally used for retaining shallow heights of soil wharfs key walls temporary structures for excavation eg.
Cantilever sheet piles are used where the height of the soil or water to be retained is smaller than 4 5 m.
Swimming pool walls 18.
Segmental retaining walls 17.
The concept is very simple.
Sheet piles walls types and forces of acting on the bulkhead uses.
There are two types of cantilever sheet pile and anchored sheet pile.
Design of cantilevered wall granular soil introduction.
Pier and pile foundations 11.
The various forces acting on a cantilever sheet pile wall are the active earth pressure on the back of the wall and the passive earth pressure on the front of the wall.
Sheet pile walls and braced cuts p a 885 axv a o pp pa d a b figure 20 5 example illustrating earth pressure on cantilever sheet piling general principle of design of free cantilever sheet piling the action of the earth pressure against cantilever sheet piling can be best illustrated by a simple case shown in fig.
The soil is uniform as shown in the figure.
Pilaster masonry walls 19.
The counterforts tie the slab and base together and the purpose of them is to reduce the bending moments and shear forces imposed on the wall by the.
Use factor of safety 1.
Hence it is quite fast and cheap.
12 various types of wooden and concrete sheet piles 13.
Counterfort retaining walls 12.