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CE 402: Part C
Retaining Structures
Lecture No. (14):
Cantilever Sheet Pile Walls
Reinforced concrete
Sheet pile wall section
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2. Anchored bulkheads
3. Braced sheeting in cuts
4. Single cell cofferdams
5. Cellular cofferdams, circular type
6. Cellular cofferdams (diaphragm)
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less).
Flexural failure
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Deep-seated failure
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G.S
Ka
Kp
Mmax
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Ka
Elastic Line
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Kp
Net earth pressure
Bending Moment
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Relative density
Depth, D
Very loose
2.0 H
Loose
1.5 H
Firm
1.0 H
Dense
0.75 H
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Slurry Walls.
As the trench becomes deeper, the soil is prevented from collapsing into the
trench by keeping the hole filled with a slurry.
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The bentonite makes the slurry thick, but liquid. This keeps the soil lateral
walls from collapsing into the excavation.
When the excavation reaches the intended depth, the slurry filled excavation
is reinforced with steel and carefully filled with concrete.
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Slurry Walls.
These walls have been built to 100 foot depths and range from 2 feet to 4
feet in thickness.
The panels are typically 15 feet to 25 feet long, and are linked with one
another through tongue and groove type seals (to prevent the intrusion of
groundwater into the future underground site.
Slurry walls have the advantage of being stiffer than sheet pile walls, and
hold back the soil better than soldier piles, lagging and steel sheeting. They
also tend to be more watertight than other excavation methods.
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Example (1)
Design the cantilever sheet pile wall that satisfy the
requirements for stability of the wall. For this height of sand,
determine the maximum bending moment in the sheet pile
wall.
3.00
G.W.T
1.00
Sand
= 30
d = 1.75t/m3
sat = 1.75t/m3
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Example (1)
1. Draw earth pressure diagram
ka
1 sin 1 sin 30
0.33
1 sin 1 sin 30
kp
1 sin
3.00
1 sin
ea * h * ka
eP * h * k P
3.00
e1
1.00
ew2 d
G.W.T
ew2
e3
e2
ew1
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Example (1)
2. Estimate earth pressure forces
y1 =2+d
E2 1.75(1 d )
y2 =0.50(1+d)
3.00
E3 0.31(1 d ) / 2
2
y3 =0.33(1+d)
E1
1.75 G.W.T
1.00
E4 (1 d ) / 2
2
y4 =0.33(1+d)
E2
E6 d / 2 0.5d
2
y6 =0.33d
E5
2.85d
E4
E3
1+d
0.31(1+d)
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Example (1)
3. Stability of wall
0.0
3.00
1.75 G.W.T
1.00
d = 6.00m
E2
E6
d
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2.85d
E4
E3
E5
1+d
0.31(1+d)
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Example (1)
4. Maximum bending Moment
Maximum bending moment at distance x below dredge line:
at point of zero shear
2.63 1.75(1 x) 0.33 * 0.95(1 x) 2 / 2 (1 x) 2 / 2
x 2 / 2 3 * 0.95x 2 / 2 0.0
E1
3.00
1.75 G.W.T
x= 3.5m
1.00
1.4
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E6
E2
E3
E5
2.85d
E4
1+d
0.31(1+d)
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Example (2)
Find the maximum height of sand fill behind the sheet pile
wall that satisfy the requirements for stability of the wall. For
this height of sand, determine the maximum bending
moment in the sheet pile wall.
Sand
= 30
= 1.60
2.40
Sand
= 32
= 1.80
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Example (1)
1. Draw earth pressure diagram
ka1
ka 2
1 sin 1 sin 30
0.33
1 sin 1 sin 30
1 sin 1 sin 32
0.307
1 sin 1 sin 32
ea * h * ka
ka 2
1 sin
3.25
1 sin
Sand
= 30
= 1.60
eP * h * k P
e1
e4
e3
Sand
= 32
= 1.80
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Example (1)
2. Estimate earth pressure forces
E1 0.53h * h / 2 0.265h2
y1 =2+h/3
E2 0.49h * 2 0.98h
y2 =1.00
E3 1.11* 2 / 2 1.11
y3 =0.67
E4 11.74 * 2 / 2 11.74
y4 =0.67
E1
0.49h
0.53h
E2
E4
E3
11.74
Sand
= 32
= 1.80
e3
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Example (2)
3. Stability of wall
0.0
h = 2.72
E2
E4
11.74
0.53h
E3
Sand
= 32
= 1.80
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