A Presentation on

SHEET PILE WALL

by

P.Lakshmi Narayana 15125A0126

Under the guidance of:

Prof. O. Eswara Reddy,
Professor, BOS Chairman,
Dept. of Civil Engineering

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 CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Types of sheet pile wall
3. Objectives
4. Materials used
5. Properties of untreated soils
6. Experimental program
7. Test procedure
8. Project results
9. Conclusions
10. References

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 INTRODUCTION

sheet piling is an earth retention and exacavation support technique that retains soil,
Using sheet sections that interlocking edges.

Sheet pile is act as a temporary supportive wall that been driven into a slope to support
the soft soils collapse from higher to lower ground.

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 Types of sheet piles

Based on material
1. Wooden sheet piles
2. Precast concrete sheet piles
3. Steel sheet piles
4. Aluminium sheet piles

Based on construction method

1. Cantilever
2. Anchored

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 Based on material

Wood
These piles are used where In places where excavation is small and
the ground water problem is not serious.

Precast concrete
The piles are reinforced to avoid formation of cracks due to rough
handling or shrinkage stresses. In order to reduce the possibility of
damage due to driving impact, the stirrups should be spaced closely
near the top and bottom of the piles.

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 Steel sheet piles
They are commonly used in coastal defence works which
are likely to be subjected to tidal action.

Allumina sheet piles

aluminum is a popular seawall material choice because of
its corrosion resistance and strength

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 Construction method

Cantilever sheet pile

Cantilever walls are walls that do not have any supports and thus
have a free unsupported excavation. Cantilever walls restrain
retained earth by the passive resistance provided by the soil
below the excavation.

Anchored sheet pile

Anchored sheet piles on the other hand are extensively used in
water- front or marineconstruction, where the water table is high
or the soils encountered are soft.

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 Applications:

1. Retaining walls
2. Bridge abutments
3. Tunnels
4. Waterfront structure
5. Excavation and trenches
6. Slope stabilization
7. Tunnel cut and cover

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 Advantages

1. Provide high resistance to driving stresses

2. Light weight
3. Can be reused in several projects
4. Long service life above or below water with modest protection
5. Easy to adopt the pile length by either welding or protection
6. Joints are less

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 disadvantages

1. Sections can rarely be used as part of the permanent structure

2. Installation difficult
3. Excavation shapes are dedicated by the sheet pile section and
interlocking elements
4. Sheet pile driving may cause neighbourhood disturbance
5. Settlements in adjacent properties may takes place due to
installation vibrations

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 CURING OF SOIL SAMPLES

Curing of soil was done by adding OMC to the mixes to obtain UCC strength for different
curing periods. Curing of sample maintained at 20 0 C according to IS Codes as shown
below.

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 PROJECT RESULTS UCCS (qu) FOR ALL SAMPLES

1 day curing 3 day curing 7 day curing 14 day curing 28 day curing
MIXES (KN/ m2) (KN/ m2) (KN/ m2) (KN/ m2) (KN/ m2)

1st Mix (soil only) 136

2nd Mix (soil+10RHA) 260 280 301 343 371

3rd Mix (sol+10RHA+2.5L) 210 262 332 416 507

4th Mix (sol+10RHA+5L) 216 356 425 599 838

5th Mix (sol+10RHA+2.5L+1Ca) 324 407 529 604 623
6th Mix (sol+10RHA+5L+1Ca) 333 521 601 684 921

7th Mix (sol+10RHA+5L+2Ca) 427 536 642 921 1012

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 PROJECT RESULTS- EFFECT OF RHA ON UCC STRENGTH
400

300
Strength (kPa)

200

100

0
0 5 10 15 20
Curing Time (Days)

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Fig 5: UCC Strength vs Curing time for 10% RHA 13
 PROJECT RESULTS- EFFECT OF LIME ON UCC STRENGTH

1000

Strength (kPa) 750

500 CL+ RHA

CL+ RHA+2.5 L
CL+ RHA+ 5 L
250

0
0 5 10 15 20
Curing Time (Days)

Fig 6: UCC Strength vs Curing time for CL+RHA, 2.5% L, 5%L

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 PROJECT RESULTS- EFFECT OF CaCl2 ON UCC STRENGTH
1000

750
Strength (kPa)

500 CL+RHA+2.5 L+1 Ca

CL+RHA+5 L+1 Ca
CL+RHA+5 L+ Ca
250

0
0 5 10 15 20
Curing Time (Days)

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 1000

750
Strength (kPa)
CL+RHA
CL+RHA+2.5L
500
CL+RHA+5L
CL+RHA+2.5+1Ca
CL+RHA+5L+1Ca
250 CL+RHA+5L+2Ca

0
0 5 10 15 20
Curing Time (Days)

Fig 8: UCC Strength vs Curing time

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 CONCLUSIONS

1. CL+10 RHA mix had the highest value of UCC Strength on 14th day curing
compared to 7th day and 3rd day curing.
2. CL+10 RHA+5L mix had the highest value of UCC Strength as compared to the
CL+RHA+2.5L mix.
3. CL+10 RHA+5L+2Ca mix had highest value of UCC Strength as compared to the
CL+10 RHA+5L+1Ca and CL+10 RHA+2.5L+1Ca mix.
4. CL+10 RHA+5L+2Ca mx had the highest value of UCC Strength on 14th day
curing compared to 7th day and 3rd day curing.
All these results happened because of forming of Calcium Silicate compound on
reaction of lime and Rice husk ash (both act as cementing materials) and early gaining
of strength due to the reaction of CaCl2 with the Cations of Soil particles.
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 SCOPE FOR FURTHER STUDY

1. From the experimental work carried out good results have been observed
and further some tests are to be performed for long curing periods like 28
days, 56days, 90 days etc., to determine the changes in Atterberg limits.

2. SEM (Scanning Electronic Microscope) Analysis should be conducted for

curing samples to study the micro level analysis of particles of samples.

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 6. IS 1498 (1970): Classification and identification of soils for general engineering purposes by
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 13. IS 4332-1 (1967): Methods of test for stabilized soils, part I: Method of sampling and
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