Elements of Soil Mechanics, 8th Edition

Exercises 7.3 & 7.5

The worksheets in this spreadsheet illustrate the use of the BS8002 & EC 7 GEO limit
state design methods for the design of cantilever sheet pile walls.

Although the spreadsheet contains the data for Exercises 7.3 and 7.5 from the book, the
data may be changed so that the reader can see the effect of varying the soil properties,
retained height etc.

Instructions:

1. On opening the spreadsheet, the user must click "Enable Macros" in the opening dialog
box. (The macros contain the algorithms used to determine the design depth.)

2. As the routines call data from the partial factors spreadsheet, a dialog box asking
whether to update the data will appear. To use the default Eurocode 7 partial factor
values, click "Don't Update". If, however, you have changed values in the partial factors
spreadsheet, click "Update".

2. Select any sheet to continue.

Ian Smith, Sept 2005
The worksheets in this spreadsheet illustrate the use of the BS8002 & EC 7 GEO limit
state design methods for the design of cantilever sheet pile walls.
Although the spreadsheet contains the data for Exercises 7.3 and 7.5 from the book, the
data may be changed so that the reader can see the effect of varying the soil properties,
1. On opening the spreadsheet, the user must click "Enable Macros" in the opening dialog
box. (The macros contain the algorithms used to determine the design depth.)
2. As the routines call data from the partial factors spreadsheet, a dialog box asking
whether to update the data will appear. To use the default Eurocode 7 partial factor
values, click "Don't Update". If, however, you have changed values in the partial factors
BS8002 simplified - cantilvr
Exercise 7.3: CANTILEVER Sheet pile wall BS8002 - Simplified approach
phi = 29.00
gamma = 19.20 kN/m
3
Min exc = 0.4
h = 4.00 m Design phi = 24.8
M = 1.20
Surcharge = 10.00 kPa K
a
= 0.409
K
p
=
2.444
FORCES:
P
p
= 847.95 kN
P
a
= 425.70 kN
P
q
=
42.59 kN
R= 379.66 kN
Design Results:
LEVER ARM:
l
p
= 2.00 m
l
a
= 3.47 m
l
q
=
5.21 m
MOMENTS:
M
p
= 1699.07 kNm
M
a
= 1477.35 kNm
M
q
= 221.72 kNm
CHECK (M=0)
Mp - Ma - Mq = -0.0007
Enter values into fields above, then click Solve.
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m

Design Results:
d
0
= 6.01 m
d = d
0
*1.2 = 7.21 m
surcharge, q
h
min exc
d
0
d
P
a
P
p
R
P
q
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Eurocode 7, DA1, C1 - cantilvr
Exercise 7.3: CANTILEVER Sheet pile wall Eurocode 7 - GEO limit state, Design Approach 1 - Combination 1
Min exc =
phi = 29.00 Design phi =
gamma = 19.20 kN/m
3
Design gamma =
h = 4.00 m
Surcharge = 0.00 kPa
K
a
=
K
p
=
Actions: (Rep.) (Design)
FORCES (kN):
P
p1
= 530.79 716.57 (unfav, permanent)
P
p2
=
219.13 295.82 (unfav, permanent)
P
a1
= 256.78 346.65 (unfav, permanent)
P
a2
= 13.48 18.20 (unfav, permanent)
P
q1
= 0.00 0.00 (unfav, variable)
P
q2
= 0.00 0.00 (unfav, variable)
Design effect of actions (rotation of wall):
LEVER ARM:
l
p1
= 1.46 m
l
p2
= 0.22 m
l
a1
= 2.93 m
l
a2
= 0.22 m
l
q1
= 4.39 m
l
q2
= 0.22 m
MOMENTS:
M
p1
= 1046.19 kNm
M
p2
= 65.61 kNm
M
a1
= 1014.53 kNm
M
a2
= 4.07 kNm
M
q1
= 0.00 kNm
M
q2
= 0.00 kNm
CHECK (M=0) & (P=0)
(M=0) 93.20 (1)
(P=0) 92.30 (2)
ABS[(1)-(2)] 0.905640
Enter values into fields above, then click Solve.
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Eurocode 7 - GEO limit state, Design Approach 1 - Combination 1
Partial factors
0.4 m
29.0 On unfavourable actions/action effects
19.2 kN/m
3
Permanent actions
G
= 1.35
Variable actions
Q
= 1.50
On material properties
0.347 Coef. of shearing resistance

=
1.00
2.882 Weight density

=
1.00
Design Results:
d
0
= 4.38 m
d = 4.82 m

Important: Please read the comment attached to this cell.
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surcharge, q
h
min exc
d
0
d
P
a1
P
p1
P
q1
P
q2
P
p2
P
a2
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Eurocode 7, DA1, C2 - cantilvr
Exercise 7.3: CANTILEVER Sheet pile wall Eurocode 7 - GEO limit state, Design Approach 1 - Combination 2
Min exc =
phi = 29.00 Design phi =
gamma = 19.20 kN/m
3
Design gamma =
h = 4.00 m
Surcharge = 0.00 kPa
K
a
=
K
p
=
Actions: (Rep.) (Design)
FORCES (kN):
P
p1
= 447.29 447.29 (unfav, permanent)
P
p2
=
322.34 322.34 (unfav, permanent)
P
a1
= 317.41 317.41 (unfav, permanent)
P
a2
= 30.18 30.18 (unfav, permanent)
P
q1
= 0.00 0.00 (unfav, variable)
P
q2
= 0.00 0.00 (unfav, variable)
Design effect of actions (rotation of wall):
LEVER ARM:
l
p1
= 1.48 m
l
p2
= 0.39 m
l
a1
= 2.95 m
l
a2
= 0.40 m
l
q1
= 4.42 m
l
q2
= 0.38 m
MOMENTS:
M
p1
= 661.99 kNm
M
p2
= 125.83 kNm
M
a1
= 935.31 kNm
M
a2
= 11.93 kNm
M
q1
= 0.00 kNm
M
q2
= 0.00 kNm
CHECK (M=0) & (P=0)
(M=0) -159.42 (1)
(P=0) -162.28 (2)
ABS[(1)-(2)] 2.854153
Enter values into fields above, then click Solve.
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Eurocode 7 - GEO limit state, Design Approach 1 - Combination 2
Partial factors
0.4 m
23.9 On unfavourable actions/action effects
19.2 kN/m
3
Permanent actions
G
= 1.00
Variable actions
Q
= 1.30
On material properties/resistances
0.423 Coef. of shearing resistance

=
1.25
2.363 Weight density

=
1.00
Design Results:
d
0
= 4.44 m
d = 5.21 m

Important: Please read the comment attached to this cell.
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surcharge, q
h
min exc
d
0
d
P
a1
P
p1
P
q1
P
q2
P
p2
P
a2
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This spreadsheet has been downloaded from the website that supports
Smith's Elements of Soil Mechanics, 8th Edition
Published by Blackwell Publishing, May 2006
ISBN: 1-4051-3370-8
Visit the website:
http://sbe.napier.ac.uk/esm
Purchase the book:
(Blackwell Publishing website)
http://sbe.napier.ac.uk/esm
Please note:
This spreadsheet is an aid for learning and should really only be
used in conjunction with the relevant section in the book.

It is not intended for use in geotechnical design.

Ian Smith, May 2006