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Cantilevered
Anchored
Braced
Common forms of failure are: (i) rotation of wall, (ii) forward movement of wall, (iii) failure of
piles (sheet piles) due to bending, and (iv) failure of anchors or bracing.
Active
Passive
Assumed point of rotation
To calculate the minimum embedment depth of a cantilevered sheet pile wall, we first need to
determine where the point of rotation is located.
Therefore, we need a simple model:
HES3150 Geotechnical Engineering
H
Active
d Passive
Passive
Point of rotation
2/3 (H+d)
Pactive
d
Ppassive
FS
2d/3
Point of rotation
1
a H d
2
1
Pp p d
2
Therefore, Pa
And,
1
1
2
K a H d soil H d K a soil H d
2
2
1
1
K p d soil d K p soil d 2
2
2
2/3 (H+d)
Pactive
Ppassive
FS
2d/3
Point of rotation
Then summing the moments about the point of rotation
to solve for d (Since H should be known),
M rotation point = 0 +
H d
Pa
Pp d
P2 0 0
FS
3
FS H d
Ka
d3
Kp
Deflected Shapes
or
Active
Active
Passive failure at toe ?
Passive
Assuming no passive failure to the toe occurs, we can simplify the lateral soil pressures.
HES3150 Geotechnical Engineering
Point of rotation
1
1
2
K a soil H d and Pp K p soil d 2
2
2
Pp
2
2
M anchor = 0 + Pa
Pp
Then F horizontal = 0
Anchor Force Pa Should provide the required anchor force.
FS
Knowing, Pa