Chapter One

SHEET PILE WALLS

•Sheet pile walls are types of retaining structure
•Used when conventional type of retaining wall is inappropriate
•Used for water front structures , trench shoring ,temporary structures
•For beach erosion protection;
•for stabilizing ground slopes, In high way
•for shoring walls of trenches other excavations;
•They are defer from retaining walls mainly
•For water front construction
•No dewatering is required
•Have high salvage value
•Small amount of soil displaced etc.
 Type sheet pile
ü Timber sheet pile
•Low strength so that for small height
•They decay faster unless treated
•Cheap
•Joined with butted end , Tongue and groove ,and metal spline
•Driving in hard or gravelly soil tends to damage or even split the pile tip
ü Reinforced concrete sheet pile
•High strength
•Heavy to handling and driving
•Joined with tongue and groove joint or double grooved ends
üSteel sheet pile wall
•the most common type used for walls
•High strength used for big height
•Light weight so that easy to drive and handle
•High salvage value i.e can be used repeatedly
•It has a long service life either above or below water
•Thumb-and-finger and ball-and-socket
üClassification based on Method of driving resistance
ü Cantilever sheet pile
•They are vertical cantilever
•Drive their resistance by cantilever action
•They must be driven to sufficient depth and strong soil
•Moderate height up to 6m
ü Anchored sheet pile
•Drive their resistance by embedment in the ground and use of tie rods
near the top
•For moderate to high walls
•Minimize the depth of penetration
•The tie rod and anchors must be
Carefully designed
 Analysis and design
•Determining the embedment depth and selection of safe and
economical section for the sheet pile sand
ü Cantilever sheet pile
clay
 Anchored sheet pile
•ax
pre
 Stability
•Sheet pile bending
•Anchor rod anchorage failure
•Toe (Kick out) failure
•System failure
 Type of anchorage
•Plate
•Beam
•Block
•Pile
•Tie back
 Placement of anchorage
•The resistance offered by anchor plate or beam is derived primarily
from the passive force of the soil located in front of them
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