Sheet Pile Wall Properties

Steel sheet pile is a rolled steel section consisting of a plate called the web with integral interlocks on each edge.

Sheet pile wall properties. Steel sheet piles are long structural sections with a vertical interlocking system that create a continuous wall. The ability of a sheet pile section to perform is dependent upon its geometry and the soils it is driven into. A temporary application. Sheet pile is available in a wide range of section modulus per meter of pile wall ranging from 874 to 21 846 cm m.

Z piles are the most common type of sheet pile in north america and can be used in a wide variety of applications. Our stock includes steel sheet piles from all of the top domestic manufacturers like gerdau. The walls are often used to retain either soil or water. Steel sheet pile is classified in two construction applications permanent and temporary.

In addition the soil in which the section is driven has numerous mechanical properties that can affect the performance. Maintains one of the largest rental inventories of domestically produced hot rolled steel sheet piling products in the united states as well as a full complement of h piling sections combi wall system combination wall piling and peiner beams. Hammer steel inc. Steel sheet piling h pile products.

This flattening forms the tongue which fits into the groove of the second sheet. Retaining walls cofferdams parking garages environmental barrier walls and bulkhead walls for ports are just a few of their varied uses. The interlocks consist of a groove one of whose legs has been suitably flattened. With the interlocks located on the outer fibers of the wall rather than at the center line as is the case with arch or u profile sheet piling sections the wall designer is assured of the published section modulus.

Table 40 ksp straight web sections. Mechanical properties pu steel sheet piles can be supplied in grades up to yield strength of 430 n mm2. The term sheet piling refers to any retaining wall type that is a installed into the ground by driving or pushing rather than pouring or injection and b is of relatively thin cross section and low weight so that the weight of the wall does not assist in the wall s stability. These two attributes have a positive influence on the section modulus.

The deflection shall be in the direction parallel to the sheet pile wall and the camber shall be in the direction vertical to the sheet pile wall. A permanent application is stay in place where the sheet piling wall is driven and remains in the ground.