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DESIGN SITUATION

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Design situation for anchored sheet pile wall

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Earth pressure theory

Use Brinch Hansens equation for Ka,h (for a vertical wall):

Ka ,

cos cos 2 cos 2 = cos + cos 2 cos 2

cos

Horizontal and vertical component of Ka are:

K a ,h = K a , cos

K a ,v = K a , sin ( = K a ,h tan )

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Some numbers to save you time...

Self-weight of wall stem

Wstem ,k = c ,k t s H = 25 0.7 6 = 105 kN k m Wbase ,k = c ,k t b B = 25 0.8 3.9 = 78 kN m H + hf = k bheel 2 6 + 6.82 = 19 2.25 = 274 kN m 2

Self-weight of wall base

Self-weight of backfill

Wfill ,k

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Earth pressure coefficients

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
6

Nq 64 6.4 7.1 7.8 8.7 9.6 10.7 11.9 13 2 13.2 14.7 16.4

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

Nq 18 4 18.4 20.6 23.2 26.1 29.4 33.3 37.8 42 9 42.9 48.9 56.0

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Worksheet DA1/DA2* anchored sheet pile

Calculate: 1. Earth pressure coefficients Ka and Kp 2. Overturning and restoring moments about anchor 3. Depth of embedment needed to ensure equilibrium 4 Maximum bending moment 4. and shear force along the wall 5. Required anchor resistance 6. Bending and shear resistance of sheet pile section

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SOLUTION

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Solutions DA1/DA2* anchored sheet pile

Verification DA1-1 DA1 1 Depth of embedment Bending moment Shear force Anchor resistance needed 1.38 m 296 kNm/m 81.9 kN/m 81 9 kN/m 81.9 DA1 DA1-2 DA1 2 2.01 m 303 kNm/m 81.7 kN/m 81 7 kN/m 81.7 2.05 m 331 kNm/m 88.2 kN/m 88 2 kN/m 88.2 DA2*

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Summary of key points

DAs 1 and 2* produce very similar depths of embedment, maximum bending g moment and shear force along g the wall, , and required q anchor resistance. A subtlety of DA1 is that Combination 1 can quite often produce a larger anchor force (and shear force and bending moment) that Combination 2 because the depth of embedment for equilibrium is so much shorter In standard DEU practice, rectangular earth pressure distributions are favoured over triangular these result in larger anchor forces but smaller bending moments

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