Sheet Pile Retaining Wall Design
En 1997 part 1 ec 7 1 for the geotechnical design and en 1993 part 5 ec 3 5 for the steel sheet piles and bearing piles.
Sheet pile retaining wall design. Sheet pile retaining walls design and construction in brown fields environment 1 level crossing removal project 1 burke road north road mckinnon road and centre road 27 november 2017 8th australian small bridges conference 2017. Sheet piles having a length of 9m could be used for the construction. The minimum required length of the sheet pile is 6 892m. A sheet pile wall which derives its support from a combination of interaction with the surrounding soil and one or more mechanical devices which inhibit motion at an isolated point s.
Typically steel sheet piles are specified and installed as the permanent retaining structure on schemes where insufficient space is available for complex temporary works. The design procedures described in this manual are limited to a single level of anchorage. If the sheet piles having a length of 9m will be used for the construction the factor of safety is equaled 1 3. The latest eurocodes are based on a semi probabilistic approach.
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