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Anchored Free Earth
The two basic methods of designing anchored sheet pile
walls are (a) the free earth
support method and (b) the fixed earth support method
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Fixed Sheet piles
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Free-Earth Support Method (FES)
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Free-Earth Support Method (FES)
The piling is driven just deep enough to assure
stability, assuming that the
maximum possible passive resistance is fully
mobilized. The sheet piling is assumed to be
inflexible and that no pivot point exists below the
dredge line i.e., no passive resistance
develops on the backside of the piling.
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Free earth support :sandy soil
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Free-Earth Support (FES) Method
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Steps to Solve FES : Granular Soil
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Steps to Solve FES : Granular Soil
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Steps to Solve FES : Granular Soil
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Steps to Solve FES : Granular Soil
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Steps to Solve FES : Cohesive Soil
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Steps to Solve FES : Cohesive Soil
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Steps to Solve FES : Cohesive Soil
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Steps to Solve FES : Cohesive Soil
5- Determine the maximum bending moment at the
point of zero shear.
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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Fixed Earth Support Method
The deflected shape reverses its curvature at the point
of contraflexure, c, and becomes vertical at point t.
Consequently, the wall acts like a partially built-in
beam subjected to bending moments.
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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Fixed Earth Method
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Fixed Earth Support Method
The equivalent beam method assumes a hinge at the
point of contraflexure, since the bending moment
there is zero. The part above the hinge can then be
treated as a separate, freely supported beam with an
overhanging end as shown in Figure 30 (d). The
reactions R and T and the bending moments can then
be determined from statics and simple beam theory.
The lower portion, below the point of contraflexure,
can also be analyzed as a separate, freely supported
beam on two supports, R and C. Based on these
assumptions, the sheet piling in granular soils may be
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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Fixed Earth Support Method
3- Locate the point of contraflexure by the chart
shown in Figure 30 (e).
4. Determine the reaction R at the point of
contraflexure. R is the horizontal reaction at point b
obtained by treating the piling above b as a simple
beam supported at b and at the tie rod level as shown
in Figure 30 (d).
5. Treat the lower portion of the piling, eb, as a simple
beam and determine the dimension eb by equating the
moment about the base e to zero.
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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Fixed Earth Support Method
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