COMPARISON BETWEEN SINGLE AND DOUBLE ANCHORED SHEET PILES WITH SIMPLIFIED APPROACHES TO SOLVE THE STATICALLY INDETERMINATE SYSTEMS

Emarah, Dina A.; Seleem, Safwat A.

doi:10.21608/jesaun.2016.117622

COMPARISON BETWEEN SINGLE AND DOUBLE ANCHORED SHEET PILES WITH SIMPLIFIED APPROACHES TO SOLVE THE STATICALLY INDETERMINATE SYSTEMS

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Dina A. Emarah ¹
Safwat A. Seleem ²

¹ Construction Research Institute, National Water Research Center, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt

² High Institute of Engineering, 15th May City

10.21608/jesaun.2016.117622

Abstract

The paper studied a case of anchored sheet piles that exposed to surcharge loads at different distances from the wall. Experimental works were conducted on two different systems of single and double anchored sheet pile walls. Also, numerical simulations were performed on both systems using PLAXIS. The experimental and numerical results were compared. The comparison showed the advantages of using double anchored sheet pile instead of single anchored one. It was found that a large reduction occurred in the values of maximum bending moments in the double anchored system, in addition to a significant reduction in the values of anchor forces. This paper also produced three simplified approaches aiming to solve the statically indeterminate system of double anchored sheet pile exposed to surcharge loads placed at different distances from the sheet pile wall.

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Main Subjects

Civil Engineering: structural, Geotechnical, reinforced concrete and steel structures, Surveying, Road and traffic engineering, water resources, Irrigation structures, Environmental and sanitary engineering, Hydraulic, Railway, construction Management.

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