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Design of Sheet Pile Walls Course No: G05-001 Credit: 5 PDH Gilbert Gedeon, P.E. Continuing Education and Development, Inc. 9 Greyridge Farm Court Stony Point, NY 10980 P: (877) 322-5800 F: (877) 322-4774 [email protected] EM 1110-2-2504 31 Mar 94 Terzaghi 1954 Terzaghi, K. 1954. "Anchored Bulkheads," Transactions, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol 119. Terzaghi 1955 Terzaghi, K. 1955. "Evaluation of Coefficients of Subgrade Reaction," Geotechnique, Vol 5, pp 297-326. U.S. Department of the Navy 1971 U.S. Department of the Navy. 1971. "Soil Mechanics, Foundations, and Earth Structures," NAVFAC Design Manual DM-7, Washington, DC. U.S. Department of the Navy 1982 U.S. Department of the Navy. 1982 (May). "Founda- tions and Earth Structures," NAVFAC DM-7.2, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Alexandria, VA. U.S. Department of the Navy 1987 U.S. Department of the Navy. 1987 (Oct). "Piers and Wharfs," Military Handbook-1025/1, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Alexandria, VA. A-5

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1110-2

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31

Mar

94

usu

ally

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or

spo

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eld

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the

stru

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ber

.

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esu

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igh

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and

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Mar

94

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g.Dredgeside:

Ag

ener

icte

rmre

ferr

ing

toth

esi

de

of

are

tain

ing

wal

lw

ith

the

low

erso

ilsu

rfac

eel

evat

ion

or

toth

esi

de

of

afl

oo

dw

all

wit

hth

elo

wer

wat

er

elev

atio

n.

h.Retainedside:

Ag

ener

icte

rmre

ferr

ing

toth

e

sid

eo

fa

reta

inin

gw

all

wit

hth

eh

igh

erso

ilsu

rfac

e

elev

atio

no

rto

the

sid

eo

fa

flo

od

wal

lw

ith

the

hig

her

wat

erel

evat

ion

.

1-1

EM

1110-2

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Mar

94

9-6

.U

tili

tyC

rossin

gs

Wh

enit

isn

eces

sary

for

anu

nd

erg

rou

nd

uti

lity

top

ene-

trat

ea

shee

tp

ile

wal

l,a

slee

ve

mu

stb

ep

rov

ided

to

per

mit

rela

tiv

em

oti

on

atth

ecr

oss

ing

.T

yp

ical

ly,

the

uti

lity

lin

eis

cut

and

reco

nn

ecte

do

nei

ther

sid

eo

fth

e

slee

ve.

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esl

eev

eis

then

pac

ked

wit

ha

pla

stic

seal

ant

and

cov

ered

wit

ha

wat

erti

gh

tru

bb

erb

oo

t.If

con

di-

tio

ns

per

mit

,an

alte

rnat

ive

met

ho

do

fp

assi

ng

au

tili

ty

lin

eth

rou

gh

the

shee

tp

ile

can

be

acco

mp

lish

edw

ith

ou

t

cutt

ing

.T

his

met

ho

dco

nsi

sts

of

late

rall

yd

isp

laci

ng

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uti

lity

lin

e,d

riv

ing

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shee

tp

ilin

g,

no

tch

ing

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shee

t

pil

ing

,an

din

stal

lin

gth

esl

eev

ein

hal

ves

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eeF

ig-

ure

9-3

for

typ

ical

uti

lity

cro

ssin

gd

etai

ls.

9-7

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eri

od

icIn

sp

ecti

on

s

Str

uct

ure

ssh

ou

ldb

ein

spec

ted

per

iod

ical

lyto

ensu

re

stru

ctu

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inte

gri

tyan

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iden

tify

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nte

nan

cen

eed

s.

Met

ho

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insp

ecti

on

usu

ally

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ud

ev

isu

alin

spec

tio

n,

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net

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arti

cle

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ecti

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ltra

son

icin

spec

tio

n,

rad

iog

rap

hy

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din

som

eca

ses

no

nd

estr

uct

ive

test

ing

.

Typ

ical

lysh

eet

pil

est

ruct

ure

sar

ev

isu

ally

insp

ecte

d,

rely

ing

hea

vil

yo

nth

ein

spec

tor’

sex

per

ien

cean

dk

no

w-

led

ge.

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raso

nic

mea

sure

men

tsh

ave

bee

nu

sed

to

det

erm

ine

the

rem

ain

ing

thic

kn

ess

of

stee

lsh

eet

pil

ing

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rmat

ion

con

cern

ing

freq

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cyan

dm

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ero

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10

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.

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ain

ten

an

ce

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ab

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ati

on

Tim

ber

ssh

ow

ing

evid

ence

of

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rst

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pil

ing

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-

nif

ican

tly

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ken

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yco

rro

sio

nm

ayre

qu

ire

rep

lace

-

men

t.C

on

cret

eca

pp

ing

sho

uld

be

insp

ecte

dfo

r

crac

kin

gan

dse

aled

asn

eed

edto

pre

ven

tin

tru

sio

no

f

fore

ign

mat

eria

ls.

Sco

ur

pro

ble

ms

sho

uld

be

mo

nit

ore

d

and

corr

ecte

dif

the

stab

ilit

yo

fa

ver

tica

lsh

eet

pil

ew

all

isaf

fect

ed.

Str

uct

ure

sth

ath

ave

sust

ain

edm

ajo

rd

am-

age

fro

mst

orm

so

rh

ave

det

erio

rate

dto

ap

oin

tat

wh

ich

no

rmal

mai

nte

nan

ceis

imp

ract

ical

may

req

uir

eto

tal

reh

abil

itat

ion

.A

tth

isti

me

con

sid

erat

ion

sho

uld

be

giv

ento

alte

rnat

ive

typ

eso

fst

ruct

ure

s,su

chas

rep

laci

ng

tim

ber

wit

hst

eel.

9-9

.In

str

um

en

tati

on

a.General.

Inst

rum

enta

tio

nis

usu

ally

req

uir

edto

mo

nit

or

the

per

form

ance

of

ash

eet

pil

est

ruct

ure

eith

er

du

rin

go

raf

ter

con

stru

ctio

n.

Mea

sure

men

tso

fm

ov

e-

men

tsan

dp

ress

ure

sfu

rnis

hv

alu

able

info

rmat

ion

for

use

inv

erif

yin

gd

esig

nas

sum

pti

on

s.M

ost

imp

ort

antl

y,

the

dat

am

ayfo

rew

arn

of

ap

ote

nti

ally

dan

ger

ou

ssi

tuat

ion

that

cou

ldaf

fect

the

stab

ilit

yo

fth

est

ruct

ure

.W

hen

a

shee

tp

ile

wal

lis

con

stru

cted

on

soft

or

div

erse

ly

bed

ded

soil

,in

area

so

fh

igh

or

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ctu

atin

gw

ater

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les,

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equ

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cted

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um

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ing

con

di-

tio

n,

inst

rum

enta

tio

nis

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ain

lyw

arra

nte

d.

b.Typesofinstruments.

Th

ek

ind

of

inst

rum

ents

sele

cted

sho

uld

dep

end

on

site

con

dit

ion

s,ty

pe

of

dat

a

req

uir

ed,

reli

abil

ity

,d

ura

bil

ity

,an

dea

seo

fco

nst

ruct

ion

.

(1)

Pie

zom

eter

s.A

pie

zom

eter

isan

inst

rum

ent

mai

nly

use

dfo

rm

on

ito

rin

gp

ore

wat

erp

ress

ure

sin

fou

nd

atio

nan

db

ack

fill

mat

eria

ls.

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em

ost

com

mo

n

typ

eis

the

op

entu

be

or

op

enst

and

pip

ep

iezo

met

er,

off

erin

gb

oth

sim

pli

city

and

reli

abil

ity

.P

ore

pre

ssu

re

dat

aca

nb

eu

sed

inan

effe

ctiv

est

ress

anal

ysi

s,w

hic

h

can

ind

icat

ea

stat

eo

fim

pen

din

gfa

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ren

ot

app

aren

t

fro

ma

tota

lst

ress

(Q)

anal

ysi

s.A

lso

fro

mth

ese

pie

zo-

met

ers

ag

ener

alfo

un

dat

ion

zon

ep

erm

eab

ilit

yca

nb

e

esti

mat

edfo

ru

sein

seep

age

anal

yse

s.P

iezo

met

ers

atta

ched

toth

esh

eet

pil

ep

rio

rto

inst

alla

tio

nsh

ou

ldb

e

pro

tect

edfr

om

po

ssib

led

amag

ed

uri

ng

dri

vin

g.

Inst

all-

ing

pie

zom

eter

s,af

ter

dri

vin

go

rb

ack

fill

ing

the

shee

t

pil

e,b

eco

mes

mo

red

iffi

cult

.

(2)

Incl

ino

met

ers.

Incl

ino

met

ers

are

gen

eral

lyu

sed

for

mea

suri

ng

late

ral

dis

pla

cem

ent

of

fou

nd

atio

ns

and

emb

ank

men

tsb

ut

can

be

use

dto

mo

nit

or

ho

rizo

nta

l

mo

vem

ents

insh

eet

pil

ew

alls

.T

he

mo

reco

mm

on

typ

esem

plo

ya

casi

ng

of

eith

erp

last

ic,

alu

min

um

,o

r

stee

lin

stal

led

ina

ver

tica

lb

ore

ho

leo

rse

cure

ly

atta

ched

toth

esu

rfac

eo

fa

shee

tp

ile.

No

rmal

ly,

the

low

eren

do

fth

ein

clin

om

eter

casi

ng

isan

cho

red

firm

ly

inro

ckto

pre

ven

tm

ov

emen

tat

this

end

,th

us

serv

ing

as

are

fere

nce

po

int.

Ifa

rock

anch

or

isn

ot

avai

lab

le,

the

low

eren

dsh

ou

ldp

enet

rate

am

inim

um

of

15

feet

inso

il

that

wil

ln

ot

exp

erie

nce

mo

vem

ent.

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ino

met

ers

atta

ched

tosh

eet

pil

esar

eli

mit

edto

the

len

gth

of

the

pil

eif

they

are

tosu

rviv

ed

riv

ing

.T

his

lim

itat

ion

do

es

no

tp

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itd

ata

coll

ecti

on

for

mo

vem

ents

occ

urr

ing

bel

ow

the

tip

.F

or

thes

eca

ses

anad

dit

ion

al

incl

ino

met

er,

wh

ich

pen

etra

tes

into

an

on

mo

vin

gd

eep

form

atio

n,

may

be

war

ran

ted

.

(3)

Str

ain

gau

ges

.T

he

mo

stco

mm

on

stra

ing

aug

es

use

dfo

rm

on

ito

rin

gsh

eet

pil

est

ruct

ure

sar

eo

fth

e

elec

tric

alre

sist

ance

and

vib

rati

ng

wir

ety

pe.

Th

ese

gau

ges

are

des

ign

edto

mea

sure

min

ute

chan

ges

ina

stru

ctu

ral

dim

ensi

on

,w

hic

hca

nth

enb

eco

nv

erte

dto

a

stre

ss,

load

,o

rb

end

ing

mo

men

t.T

he

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tric

al

resi

stan

cest

rain

gau

ges

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mad

eso

that

they

can

be

easi

lyat

tach

edto

asu

rfac

eb

ym

ean

so

fan

epo

xy

adh

e-

siv

eo

rb

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eld

ing

.T

he

vib

rati

ng

wir

est

rain

gau

ge

is

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Fig

ure

9-3

.(S

heet

4o

f4)

9-7

EM

1110-2

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31

Mar

94

i.Dredgeline:

Ag

ener

icte

rmap

pli

edto

the

soil

surf

ace

on

the

dre

dg

esi

de

of

are

tain

ing

or

flo

od

wal

l.

j.Wallheight:

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ele

ng

tho

fth

esh

eet

pil

ing

abo

ve

the

dre

dg

eli

ne.

k.Backfill

:A

gen

eric

term

app

lied

toth

em

ater

ial

on

the

reta

ined

sid

eo

fth

ew

all.

l.Foundation:

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ener

icte

rmap

pli

edto

the

soil

on

eith

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de

of

the

wal

lb

elo

wth

eel

evat

ion

of

the

dre

dg

eli

ne.

m.Anchorage:

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ech

anic

alas

sem

bla

ge

con

sist

ing

of

wal

es,

tie

rod

s,an

dan

cho

rsw

hic

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pp

lem

ent

soil

sup

po

rtfo

ran

anch

ore

dw

all.

(1)

Sin

gle

anch

ore

dw

all:

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cho

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eat

tach

edto

the

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on

lyo

ne

elev

atio

n.

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ltip

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red

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nch

ors

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ched

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ew

all

atm

ore

than

on

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.

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ere

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on

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ly

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ress

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ust

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o.Anchor:

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rst

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wh

ich

,b

y

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alle

lb

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ten

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ns

wh

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sfer

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anch

or

forc

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om

the

anch

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ales

.

q.Wales:

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lb

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(s)

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ched

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all

to

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sfer

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anch

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om

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tie

rod

sto

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shee

t

pil

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.

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he

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itin

gp

ress

ure

bet

wee

n

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wal

lan

dso

ilp

rod

uce

dw

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sto

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pre

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itin

gp

ress

ure

bet

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n

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wal

lan

dso

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rod

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dw

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all/

soil

mo

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sto

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and

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.

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:T

he

ho

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lin

situ

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h

pre

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hen

no

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rizo

nta

ld

efo

rmat

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urs

.

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ed

epth

tow

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hth

esh

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elo

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red

ge

lin

e.

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Ap

roce

ssfo

rev

al-

uat

ing

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soil

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ssu

res,

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uir

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enet

rati

on

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d

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forc

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rca

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lev

ero

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ng

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red

wal

ls

assu

min

gli

mit

ing

stat

esin

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wal

l/so

ilsy

stem

.

w.Factorofsafety

:

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Fac

tor

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safe

tyfo

rro

tati

on

alfa

ilu

reo

fth

een

tire

wal

l/so

ilsy

stem

(mas

so

ver

turn

ing

)is

the

rati

oo

f

avai

lab

lere

sist

ing

effo

rtto

dri

vin

gef

fort

.

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tor

of

safe

ty(s

tren

gth

red

uct

ion

fact

or)

ap-

pli

edto

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ng

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aram

eter

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ras

sess

ing

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g

soil

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lass

ical

Des

ign

Pro

ced

ure

s.

(3)

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uct

ura

lm

ater

ial

fact

or

of

safe

tyis

the

rati

oo

f

lim

itin

gst

ress

(usu

ally

yie

ldst

ress

)fo

rth

em

ater

ial

to

the

calc

ula

ted

stre

ss.

x.Soil-structureinteraction:

Ap

roce

ssfo

ran

aly

z-

ing

wal

l/so

ilsy

stem

sin

wh

ich

com

pat

ibil

ity

of

soil

pre

ssu

res

and

stru

ctu

ral

dis

pla

cem

ents

are

enfo

rced

.

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ap

ter

2G

en

era

lC

on

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era

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ns

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ati

on

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inat

ion

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rtre

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ired

for

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ign

and

con

-

stru

ctio

no

fa

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tp

ile

wal

lis

dep

end

ent

on

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tio

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ct.

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yd

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tech

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inee

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ust

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uo

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erat

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ng

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eral

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nat

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nm

ents

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req

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ts.

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nes

mu

stre

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wth

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ro-

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sed

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ject

tod

eter

min

eit

sef

fect

on

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tin

gfa

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ties

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env

iro

nm

ent.

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seco

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inat

ion

and

con

sult

a-

tio

no

fth

ed

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nen

gin

eers

and

loca

lin

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sts

mu

stb

e

mai

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ined

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

des

ign

and

con

stru

ctio

np

ro-

cess

sin

celo

cal

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rest

ssh

are

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cost

of

the

pro

ject

and

are

resp

on

sib

lefo

rac

qu

irin

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gh

ts-o

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tio

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ing

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inin

gth

e

com

ple

ted

pro

ject

.T

he

pro

ject

site

sho

uld

be

sub

ject

ed

tov

isu

alin

spec

tio

nb

yal

lco

nce

rned

gro

up

sth

rou

gh

ou

t

the

imp

lem

enta

tio

no

fth

ep

roje

ctfr

om

des

ign

thro

ug

h

con

stru

ctio

nto

pla

cem

ent

inop

erat

ion

.

2-2

.A

lig

nm

en

tS

ele

cti

on

Th

eal

ign

men

to

fa

shee

tp

ile

wal

lm

ayd

epen

do

nit

s

fun

ctio

n.

Su

chsi

tuat

ion

sin

clu

de

tho

sein

har

bo

ro

rp

ort

con

stru

ctio

nw

her

eth

eal

ign

men

tis

dic

tate

db

yth

e

wat

erso

urc

eo

rw

her

eth

ew

all

serv

esas

ati

e-in

to

pri

mar

yst

ruct

ure

ssu

chas

lock

s,d

ams,

etc.

Inu

rban

or

ind

ust

rial

area

s,it

wil

lb

en

eces

sary

toco

nsi

der

sev

eral

alte

rnat

ive

alig

nm

ents

wh

ich

mu

stb

ecl

ose

ly

coo

rdin

ated

wit

hlo

cal

inte

rest

s.In

oth

erci

rcu

mst

ance

s,

the

alig

nm

ent

may

be

dep

end

ent

on

the

con

fig

ura

tio

no

f

the

syst

emsu

chas

spac

ere

qu

irem

ents

for

anan

cho

red

wal

lo

rth

en

eces

sary

rig

ht-

of-

way

for

afl

oo

dw

all/

lev

ee

syst

em.

Th

efi

nal

alig

nm

ent

mu

stm

eet

the

gen

eral

req

uir

emen

tso

fp

rov

idin

gth

em

ost

via

ble

com

pro

mis

e

bet

wee

nec

on

om

yan

dm

inim

alen

vir

on

men

tal

imp

act.

a.Obstructions.

Sit

ein

spec

tio

ns

inth

ep

lan

nin

g

ph

ase

sho

uld

iden

tify

any

ob

stru

ctio

ns

wh

ich

inte

rfer

e

wit

hal

tern

ativ

eal

ign

men

tso

rw

hic

hm

ayn

eces

sita

te

spec

ial

con

stru

ctio

np

roce

du

res.

Th

ese

site

insp

ecti

on

s

sho

uld

be

sup

ple

men

ted

by

info

rmat

ion

ob

tain

edfr

om

loca

lag

enci

esto

loca

teu

nd

erg

rou

nd

uti

liti

essu

chas

sew

ers,

wat

erli

nes

,p

ow

erli

nes

,an

dte

lep

ho

ne

lin

es.

Rem

ov

alo

rre

loca

tio

no

fan

yob

stru

ctio

nm

ust

be

coo

rdin

ated

wit

hth

eo

wn

eran

dth

elo

cal

assu

rin

g

agen

cy.

Un

dis

cov

ered

ob

stru

ctio

ns

wil

lli

kel

yre

sult

in

con

stru

ctio

nd

elay

san

dad

dit

ion

alco

sts

for

rem

ov

alo

r

relo

cati

on

of

the

ob

stru

ctio

n.

Co

ntr

acts

for

con

stru

ctio

n

inco

ng

este

dar

eas

may

incl

ud

ea

req

uir

emen

tfo

rth

e

con

trac

tor

top

rov

ide

anin

spec

tio

ntr

ench

top

rece

de

pil

ed

riv

ing

.

b.Impactsonthesurroundingarea.

Co

nst

ruct

ion

of

aw

all

can

hav

ea

sev

ere

per

man

ent

and

/or

tem

po

rary

imp

act

on

its

imm

edia

tev

icin

ity

.P

erm

anen

tim

pac

ts

may

incl

ud

em

od

ific

atio

n,

rem

ov

al,

or

relo

cati

on

of

exis

tin

gst

ruct

ure

s.A

lig

nm

ents

wh

ich

req

uir

ep

erm

a-

nen

tre

loca

tio

no

fre

sid

ence

so

rb

usi

nes

ses

req

uir

ead

di-

tio

nal

lead

tim

esfo

rim

ple

men

tati

on

and

are

seld

om

cost

effe

ctiv

e.P

arti

cula

rco

nsi

der

atio

nm

ust

be

giv

ento

shee

tp

ile

wal

lsco

nst

ruct

edas

flo

od

pro

tect

ion

alo

ng

wat

erfr

on

ts.

Co

mm

erci

alop

erat

ion

sb

etw

een

the

shee

t

pil

ew

all

and

the

wat

erfr

on

tw

ill

be

neg

ativ

ely

affe

cted

du

rin

gp

erio

ds

of

hig

hw

ater

and

,in

add

itio

n,

gat

ed

op

enin

gs

thro

ug

hth

ew

all

mu

stb

ep

rov

ided

for

acce

ss.

Tem

po

rary

imp

acts

of

con

stru

ctio

nca

nb

em

itig

ated

to

som

eex

ten

tb

yca

refu

lch

oic

eo

fco

nst

ruct

ion

stra

teg

ies

and

by

pla

cin

gre

stri

ctio

ns

on

con

stru

ctio

nop

erat

ion

s.

Th

eef

fect

so

fp

ile

dri

vin

go

nex

isti

ng

stru

ctu

res

sho

uld

be

care

full

yco

nsi

der

ed.

c.Rights-of-way.

Inso

me

case

s,p

arti

cula

rly

for

flo

od

pro

tect

ion

,ri

gh

ts-o

f-w

aym

ayal

read

yb

ed

edic

a-

ted

.E

ver

yef

fort

sho

uld

be

mad

eto

mai

nta

inth

eal

ign

-

men

to

fp

erm

anen

tco

nst

ruct

ion

wit

hin

the

ded

icat

ed

rig

ht-

of-

way

.P

rocu

rem

ent

of

new

rig

hts

-of-

way

sho

uld

beg

inin

the

feas

ibil

ity

stag

eo

fw

all

des

ign

and

sho

uld

be

coo

rdin

ated

wit

hre

alty

spec

iali

sts

and

loca

lin

tere

sts.

Tem

po

rary

serv

itu

des

for

con

stru

ctio

np

urp

ose

ssh

ou

ld

be

det

erm

ined

and

del

inea

ted

inth

eco

ntr

act

do

cum

ents

.

Wh

enp

oss

ible

,ri

gh

ts-o

f-w

aysh

ou

ldb

em

ark

edw

ith

per

man

ent

mo

nu

men

ts.

d.Surveys.

All

po

ints

of

inte

rsec

tio

nin

the

alig

n-

men

tan

dal

lop

enin

gs

inth

ew

all

sho

uld

be

stak

edin

the

fiel

dfo

rp

roje

cts

inco

ng

este

dar

eas.

Th

efi

eld

surv

eyis

usu

ally

mad

ed

uri

ng

the

det

aile

dd

esig

np

has

e.

Th

efi

eld

surv

eym

ayb

ere

qu

ired

du

rin

gth

efe

asib

ilit

y

ph

ase

ifsu

itab

ilit

yo

fth

eal

ign

men

tis

qu

esti

on

able

.

Th

efi

eld

surv

eysh

ou

ldid

enti

fyan

yo

ver

hea

dob

stru

c-

tio

ns,

par

ticu

larl

yp

ow

erli

nes

,to

ensu

resu

ffic

ien

t

ver

tica

lcl

eara

nce

toac

com

mo

dat

ep

ile

dri

vin

gan

d

con

stru

ctio

nop

erat

ion

s.In

form

atio

no

nob

stru

ctio

n

hei

gh

tsan

dcl

eara

nce

ssh

ou

ldb

ev

erif

ied

wit

hth

e

ow

ner

so

fth

eit

ems.

2-1

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

9-3

.(S

heet

3o

f4)

9-6

Page 10: Design of Sheet Pile Walls US Army

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

9-3

.(S

heet

2o

f4)

9-5

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

2-3

.G

eo

tech

nic

al

Co

nsid

era

tio

ns

Bec

ause

shee

tp

ile

wal

lsd

eriv

eth

eir

sup

po

rtfr

om

the

surr

ou

nd

ing

soil

,an

inv

esti

gat

ion

of

the

fou

nd

atio

n

mat

eria

lsal

on

gth

ew

all

alig

nm

ent

sho

uld

be

con

du

cted

atth

ein

cep

tio

no

fth

ep

lan

nin

gfo

rth

ew

all.

Th

is

inv

esti

gat

ion

sho

uld

be

aco

op

erat

ive

effo

rtam

on

gth

e

stru

ctu

ral

and

geo

tech

nic

alen

gin

eers

and

sho

uld

incl

ud

e

anen

gin

eeri

ng

geo

log

ist

fam

ilia

rw

ith

the

area

.A

ll

exis

tin

gd

ata

bas

essh

ou

ldb

ere

vie

wed

.T

he

go

als

of

the

init

ial

geo

tech

nic

alsu

rvey

sho

uld

be

toid

enti

fyan

y

po

or

fou

nd

atio

nco

nd

itio

ns

wh

ich

mig

ht

ren

der

aw

all

no

tfe

asib

leo

rre

qu

ire

rev

isio

no

fth

ew

all

alig

nm

ent,

to

iden

tify

sub

surf

ace

con

dit

ion

sw

hic

hw

ou

ldim

ped

ep

ile

dri

vin

g,

and

top

lan

mo

red

etai

led

exp

lora

tio

nre

qu

ired

tod

efin

ed

esig

np

aram

eter

so

fth

esy

stem

.G

eote

chn

ical

inv

esti

gat

ion

req

uir

emen

tsar

ed

iscu

ssed

ind

etai

lin

Ch

apte

r3

of

this

EM

.

2-4

.S

tru

ctu

ral

Co

nsid

era

tio

ns

a.Walltype.

Th

ese

lect

ion

of

the

typ

eo

fw

all,

anch

ore

do

rca

nti

lev

er,

mu

stb

eb

ased

on

the

fun

ctio

no

f

the

wal

l,th

ech

arac

teri

stic

so

fth

efo

un

dat

ion

soil

s,an

d

the

pro

xim

ity

of

the

wal

lto

exis

tin

gst

ruct

ure

s.

(1)

Can

tile

ver

wal

ls.

Can

tile

ver

wal

lsar

eu

sual

ly

use

das

flo

od

wal

lo

ras

eart

hre

tain

ing

wal

lsw

ith

low

wal

lh

eig

hts

(10

to1

5fe

eto

rle

ss).

Bec

ause

can

tile

ver

wal

lsd

eriv

eth

eir

sup

po

rtso

lely

fro

mth

efo

un

dat

ion

soil

s,th

eym

ayb

ein

stal

led

inre

lati

vel

ycl

ose

pro

xim

ity

(bu

tn

ot

less

than

1.5

tim

esth

eo

ver

all

len

gth

of

the

pil

ing

)to

exis

tin

gst

ruct

ure

s.T

yp

ical

can

tile

ver

wal

l

con

fig

ura

tio

ns

are

sho

wn

inF

igu

re2

-1.

(2)

An

cho

red

wal

ls.

An

anch

ore

dw

all

isre

qu

ired

wh

enth

eh

eig

ht

of

the

wal

lex

ceed

sth

eh

eig

ht

suit

able

for

aca

nti

lev

ero

rw

hen

late

ral

def

lect

ion

sar

ea

con

sid

-

erat

ion

.T

he

pro

xim

ity

of

anan

cho

red

wal

lto

anex

ist-

ing

stru

ctu

reis

go

ver

ned

by

the

ho

rizo

nta

ld

ista

nce

req

uir

edfo

rin

stal

lati

on

of

the

anch

or

(Ch

apte

r5

).

Typ

ical

con

fig

ura

tio

ns

of

anch

ore

dw

all

syst

ems

are

sho

wn

inF

igu

re2

-2.

b.Materials

.T

he

des

ign

erm

ust

con

sid

erth

ep

oss

i-

bil

ity

of

mat

eria

ld

eter

iora

tio

nan

dit

sef

fect

on

the

stru

ctu

ral

inte

gri

tyo

fth

esy

stem

.M

ost

per

man

ent

stru

ctu

res

are

con

stru

cted

of

stee

lo

rco

ncr

ete.

Co

ncr

ete

isca

pab

leo

fp

rov

idin

ga

lon

gse

rvic

eli

feu

nd

ern

orm

al

circ

um

stan

ces

bu

th

asre

lati

vel

yh

igh

init

ial

cost

sw

hen

com

par

edto

stee

lsh

eet

pil

ing

.T

hey

are

mo

red

iffi

cult

toin

stal

lth

anst

eel

pil

ing

.L

on

g-t

erm

fiel

dob

serv

atio

ns

ind

icat

eth

atst

eel

shee

tp

ilin

gp

rov

ides

alo

ng

serv

ice

life

wh

enp

rop

erly

des

ign

ed.

Per

man

ent

inst

alla

tio

ns

sho

uld

allo

wfo

rsu

bse

qu

ent

inst

alla

tio

no

fca

tho

dic

pro

tect

ion

sho

uld

exce

ssiv

eco

rro

sio

no

ccu

r.

(1)

Hea

vy

-gau

ge

stee

l.S

teel

isth

em

ost

com

mo

n

mat

eria

lu

sed

for

shee

tp

ile

wal

lsd

ue

toit

sin

her

ent

stre

ng

th,

rela

tiv

eli

gh

tw

eig

ht,

and

lon

gse

rvic

eli

fe.

Th

ese

pil

esco

nsi

sto

fin

terl

ock

ing

shee

tsm

anu

fact

ure

d

by

eith

era

ho

t-ro

lled

or

cold

-fo

rmed

pro

cess

and

con

-

form

toth

ere

qu

irem

ents

of

the

Am

eric

anS

oci

ety

for

Tes

tin

gan

dM

ater

ials

(AS

TM

)S

tan

dar

ds

A3

28

(AS

TM

19

89

a),

A5

72

(AS

TM

19

88

),o

rA

69

0(A

ST

M1

98

9b

).

Pil

ing

con

form

ing

toA

32

8ar

esu

itab

lefo

rm

ost

inst

al-

lati

on

s.S

teel

shee

tp

iles

are

avai

lab

lein

av

arie

tyo

f

stan

dar

dcr

oss

sect

ion

s.T

he

Z-t

yp

ep

ilin

gis

pre

do

mi-

nan

tly

use

din

reta

inin

gan

dfl

oo

dw

all

app

lica

tio

ns

wh

ere

ben

din

gst

ren

gth

go

ver

ns

the

des

ign

.W

hen

inte

rlo

ckte

nsi

on

isth

ep

rim

ary

con

sid

erat

ion

for

des

ign

,

anar

ched

or

stra

igh

tw

ebp

ilin

gsh

ou

ldb

eu

sed

.T

urn

s

inth

ew

all

alig

nm

ent

can

be

mad

ew

ith

stan

dar

db

ent

or

fab

rica

ted

corn

ers.

Th

eu

seo

fst

eel

shee

tp

ilin

gsh

ou

ld

be

con

sid

ered

for

any

shee

tp

ile

stru

ctu

re.

Typ

ical

con

fig

ura

tio

ns

are

sho

wn

inF

igu

re2

-3.

(2)

Lig

ht-

gau

ge

stee

l.L

igh

t-g

aug

est

eel

pil

ing

are

shal

low

-dep

thse

ctio

ns,

cold

form

edto

aco

nst

ant

thic

k-

nes

so

fle

ssth

an0

.25

inch

and

man

ufa

ctu

red

inac

cor-

dan

cew

ith

AS

TM

A8

57

(19

89

c).

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ldst

ren

gth

is

dep

end

ent

on

the

gau

ge

thic

kn

ess

and

var

ies

bet

wee

n2

5

and

36

kip

sp

ersq

uar

ein

ch(k

si).

Th

ese

sect

ion

sh

ave

low

-sec

tio

nm

od

uli

and

ver

ylo

wm

om

ents

of

iner

tia

in

com

par

iso

nto

hea

vy

-gau

ge

Z-s

ecti

on

s.S

pec

iali

zed

coat

ing

ssu

chas

ho

td

ipg

alv

aniz

ed,

zin

cp

late

d,

and

alu

min

ized

stee

lar

eav

aila

ble

for

imp

rov

edco

rro

sio

n

resi

stan

ce.

Lig

ht-

gau

ge

pil

ing

sho

uld

be

con

sid

ered

for

tem

po

rary

or

min

or

stru

ctu

res.

Lig

ht-

gau

ge

pil

ing

can

be

con

sid

ered

for

per

man

ent

con

stru

ctio

nw

hen

acco

m-

pan

ied

by

ad

etai

led

corr

osi

on

inv

esti

gat

ion

.F

ield

test

s

sho

uld

min

imal

lyin

clu

de

PH

and

resi

stiv

ity

mea

sure

-

men

ts.

See

Fig

ure

2-4

for

typ

ical

lig

ht-

gau

ge

sect

ion

s.

(3)

Wo

od

.W

oo

dsh

eet

pil

ew

alls

can

be

con

stru

cted

of

ind

epen

den

to

rto

ng

ue-

and

-gro

ov

ein

terl

ock

ing

wo

od

shee

ts.

Th

isty

pe

of

pil

ing

sho

uld

be

rest

rict

edto

sho

rt-

to-m

od

erat

ew

all

hei

gh

tsan

du

sed

on

lyfo

rte

mp

ora

ry

stru

ctu

res.

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Fig

ure

2-5

for

typ

ical

wo

od

sect

ion

s.

(4)

Co

ncr

ete.

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ese

pil

esar

ep

reca

stsh

eets

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12

inch

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eep

,3

0to

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inch

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ide,

and

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vid

edw

ith

ton

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ve

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he

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ned

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ter

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ably

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gh

tw

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ed

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no

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ile

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gre

ss,

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eso

ne

pil

e

2-2

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Fig

ure

2-1

.T

yp

ical

can

tile

vere

dw

all

s

agai

nst

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uri

ng

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n.

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pil

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rest

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edto

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and

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d

dri

vin

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ecia

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rner

and

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lese

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ns

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typ

ical

ly

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om

rein

forc

edco

ncr

ete

du

eto

the

lim

ited

nu

m-

ber

req

uir

ed.

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ncr

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tp

ilin

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nb

ead

van

tag

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s

for

mar

ine

env

iro

nm

ents

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ream

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sw

ith

hig

hab

rasi

on

,

and

wh

ere

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tp

ile

mu

stsu

pp

ort

sig

nif

ican

tax

ial

load

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ast

exp

erie

nce

ind

icat

esth

isp

ile

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uce

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lem

ent

(du

eto

its

ow

nw

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ht)

inso

ftfo

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dat

ion

mat

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ls.

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isca

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ew

ater

tig

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ess

of

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l

wil

lp

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ably

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lost

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yp

ical

con

cret

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ctio

ns

are

sho

wn

inF

igu

re2

-6.

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isty

pe

of

pil

ing

may

no

tb

e

read

ily

avai

lab

lein

all

loca

liti

es.

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ht-

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ge

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um

.A

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ing

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aila

ble

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ock

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ated

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om

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um

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1.

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ese

sect

ion

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ave

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tiv

ely

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-sec

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nm

od

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dm

om

ent

of

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tia

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tati

ng

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ack

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rm

ost

situ

atio

ns.

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-typ

e

sect

ion

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aila

ble

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inch

esan

da

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kn

ess

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up

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.25

inch

.A

lum

inu

mse

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ns

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uld

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con

sid

ered

for

sho

reli

ne

ero

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np

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cts

and

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lkh

ead

sex

po

sed

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ish

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erw

hen

emb

edm

ent

wil

lb

ein

free

-dra

inin

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ran

ula

rm

ater

ial.

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Fig

ure

2-7

for

typ

ical

sect

ion

s.

(6)

Oth

erm

ater

ials

.P

ilin

gs

mad

efr

om

spec

ial

mat

eria

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yl,

po

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er-

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ble

.T

hes

ep

ilin

gs

hav

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itie

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dar

en

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ally

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din

tie-

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k

situ

atio

ns.

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aila

ble

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fp

ilin

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esh

ort

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en

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edto

oth

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ater

ial

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st

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om

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ated

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on

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.C

on

str

ucti

on

Inst

ruct

ion

sto

the

fiel

dar

en

eces

sary

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nv

eyto

fiel

d

per

son

nel

the

inte

nt

of

the

des

ign

.A

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ort

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uld

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par

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yth

ed

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ner

and

sho

uld

min

imal

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clu

de

the

foll

ow

ing

:

a.

Des

ign

assu

mp

tio

ns

reg

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rpre

tati

on

of

sub

surf

ace

and

fiel

din

ves

tig

atio

ns.

2-3

EM

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Fig

ure

9-3

.T

yp

ical

uti

lity

cro

ssin

gs

(Sh

eet

1o

f4)

9-4

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Fig

ure

9-2

.D

eta

ilo

fI-

wall

of

vary

ing

thic

kn

ess

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ttle

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tis

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ery

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-

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nce

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stem

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ew

all

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ttle

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ng

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hth

eso

ilm

ass

into

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ich

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emb

edd

ed.

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eco

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lid

atio

nm

eth

od

use

d

for

pre

dic

tin

gw

all

sett

lem

ent

sho

uld

be

the

on

ew

ith

wh

ich

the

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ign

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mo

stfa

mil

iar,

wh

eth

erit

isth

e

clas

sic

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zag

hi

pre

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tio

no

ro

ne

of

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hin

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st-

fore

cast

met

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ds.

Sin

ceth

ew

all

can

no

tea

sily

be

mo

di-

fied

ing

rad

e,th

ed

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ner

sho

uld

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erth

e

con

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ence

lev

elo

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ese

ttle

men

tp

red

icti

on

and

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er-

bu

ild

the

wal

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ffic

ien

tly

top

rev

ent

sett

lem

ent

of

the

wal

lb

elo

wg

rad

e.C

on

cret

eca

pp

ing

sho

uld

be

del

ayed

un

til

am

ajo

rp

ort

ion

of

the

sett

lem

ent

has

occ

urr

ed.

Th

e"a

fter

sett

lem

ent"

con

fig

ura

tio

nis

use

din

the

wal

l

ov

ertu

rnin

gan

aly

sis.

Ad

dit

ion

ally

,as

the

load

sap

pli

ed

toth

efo

un

dat

ion

by

the

wal

lar

ees

sen

tial

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ori

zon

tal

the

des

ign

erh

asto

be

cog

niz

ant

of

the

fact

that

late

ral

con

soli

dat

ion

wil

lo

ccu

rw

ith

sust

ain

edlo

adin

g.

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is

sho

uld

be

eval

uat

edan

dth

ew

all

syst

emsh

ou

ldb

e

cap

able

of

com

pen

sati

ng

for

this

mo

vem

ent.

9-5

.T

ran

sit

ion

Secti

on

s

a.Sheetpiletolevee.

Wh

ena

shee

tp

ile

wal

l

term

inat

esw

ith

ina

lev

ee,

the

pil

ing

isty

pic

ally

exte

nd

eda

min

imu

mo

f5

feet

into

the

full

lev

ee

sect

ion

.

b.I-walltoT-wall.

Wh

ena

con

cret

eca

pp

edI-

Wal

l

abu

tsa

T-W

all,

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sid

erat

ion

mu

stb

eg

iven

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e

dif

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nce

ind

efle

ctio

ns

lik

ely

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r.T

he

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e

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vem

ent

may

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emb

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ater

stop

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o

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ate

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ela

rge

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vem

ents

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spec

ial

shee

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ile

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ion

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han

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ted

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ical

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ail

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ow

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Fig

ure

9-3

.

9-3

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Fig

ure

2-2

.A

nch

ore

dw

all

s(C

on

tin

ued

)

2-4

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Fig

ure

2-2

.(C

on

clu

ded

)

2-5

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94

Fig

ure

9-1

.T

yp

ical

secti

on

thro

ug

hI-

wall

of

vary

ing

thic

kn

ess

soil

sm

eet

the

crit

eria

of

this

rep

ort

,th

eas

sum

pti

on

may

be

mad

eth

atd

uri

ng

pil

ed

riv

ing

the

acce

lera

tio

no

fso

il

par

ticl

esw

ill

be

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nt

toin

du

celi

qu

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n,

and

ther

efo

re,

ap

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nti

alfo

rd

amag

eex

ists

.L

imit

atio

ns

sho

uld

then

be

set

on

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ed

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ing

,su

chas

:m

axim

um

wat

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age

du

rin

gd

riv

ing

;m

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um

dis

tan

ceto

the

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to

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np

ron

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il;

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size

of

pil

ed

riv

-

ing

ham

mer

and

its

rate

den

erg

y.

Ato

tal

ban

on

dri

v-

ing

may

be

war

ran

ted

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imit

so

np

ile

dri

vin

gh

ave

bee

n

succ

essf

ull

yap

pli

edal

on

gth

ele

vee

so

fb

oth

the

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sis-

sip

pi

and

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haf

alay

aR

iver

s.P

ile

dri

vin

gis

pre

ven

ted

or

lim

ited

bas

edup

on

the

po

ten

tial

for

liq

uef

acti

on

ata

stag

ew

hen

the

wat

erle

vel

isab

ov

eth

ela

nd

sid

eg

rou

nd

surf

ace

and

pil

ed

riv

ing

isp

lan

ned

wit

hin

1,5

00

feet

of

the

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rfl

oo

dp

rote

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nw

ork

s.T

he

exte

nt

of

any

lim

itat

ion

sp

lace

do

np

ile

dri

vin

gsh

ou

ldb

eev

alu

ated

agai

nst

the

po

ten

tial

for

dam

age

toth

ep

ub

lic.

9-4

.S

ett

lem

en

t

a.Effectsontierods.

Tie

rod

sp

lace

dab

ov

elo

ose

gra

nu

lar

or

soft

coh

esiv

eso

ils

can

be

sub

ject

edto

load

s

gre

ater

than

that

com

pu

ted

by

con

ven

tio

nal

met

ho

ds.

As

the

un

der

lyin

gso

ils

com

pre

ss,

eith

erd

ue

tov

olu

me

chan

ges

,d

isto

rtio

n,

or

con

soli

dat

ion

,th

ew

eig

ht

of

the

ov

erly

ing

soil

sin

du

ces

add

itio

nal

load

sas

the

rod

def

lect

s.W

her

eex

cav

atio

nis

nec

essa

ryto

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cean

anch

or,

the

bac

kfi

lled

mat

eria

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ou

ldb

ea

sele

ctso

il,

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ted

toat

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nt

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ns

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e

con

sid

erat

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lem

ent,

met

ho

ds

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inat

ing

the

effe

cts

incl

ud

esu

pp

ort

ing

the

tie

rod

or

enca

sin

git

inco

nd

uit

.

9-2

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Ch

ap

ter

9S

pecia

lD

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on

sid

era

tio

ns

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Wall

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ary

ing

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ess

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nt

rest

rain

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nd

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ns

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ted

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all

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met

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ng

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cret

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nd

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t

of

hy

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nt

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per

atu

reef

fect

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ted

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kin

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iles

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uld

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ced

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ow

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the

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ile

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the

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uld

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ered

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dit

ion

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inch

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iles

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ase

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at

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the

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ich

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ile

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ical

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wat

erth

e

mo

st,

wit

hco

nta

min

ants

and

po

llu

tan

tsp

lay

ing

am

ajo

r

role

inm

agn

ify

ing

its

corr

osi

ven

ess.

Th

ecr

itic

alzo

ne

for

shee

tp

iles

exp

ose

dto

wat

eris

the

spla

shzo

ne,

the

area

bet

wee

nth

est

ill

wat

erel

evat

ion

and

the

up

per

lim

ito

fw

ave

acti

on

.T

his

area

corr

od

esat

am

uch

gre

ater

rate

than

ifit

rem

ain

edco

mp

lete

lysu

bm

erg

ed.

b.Methodsofprotection.

(1)

Th

em

ost

com

mo

nw

ayo

fp

rote

ctin

gst

eel

shee

t

pil

eag

ain

stco

rro

sio

nis

thro

ug

hth

eu

seo

fco

atin

gs.

Gen

eral

ly,

coal

tar

epo

xy

has

bec

om

ew

idel

yac

cep

ted

for

this

app

lica

tio

n.

Ifth

ep

ilin

gis

dri

ven

infr

esh

fill

,th

eco

atin

gsh

ou

ldco

ver

the

area

inco

nta

ctan

d

exte

nd

am

inim

um

of

2ad

dit

ion

alfe

et.

Fo

rsh

eet

pil

e

exp

ose

dto

wat

er,

itis

crit

ical

that

the

coat

ing

cov

erth

e

spla

shzo

ne

and

exte

nd

am

inim

um

of

5fe

etb

elo

wth

e

po

int

wh

ere

the

shee

tin

gre

mai

ns

sub

mer

ged

(EM

11

10

-2-3

40

0).

(2)

An

add

itio

nal

mea

ns

of

pro

vid

ing

corr

osi

on

resi

stan

ceis

by

spec

ify

ing

AS

TM

A-6

90

(19

89b

)st

eel.

Th

isst

eel

off

ers

corr

osi

on

resi

stan

cesu

per

ior

toei

ther

A-3

28

(19

89

a)o

rA

-57

2(1

98

8)

thro

ug

hth

ead

dit

ion

of

cop

per

and

nic

kel

asal

loy

elem

ents

.

(3)

An

oth

eref

fect

ive

met

ho

do

fp

rote

ctin

gst

eel

shee

tp

ile

isth

rou

gh

the

use

of

cath

od

icp

rote

ctio

n.

Th

e

corr

osi

on

pro

cess

isel

ectr

och

emic

alin

nat

ure

and

occ

urs

wh

erev

erth

ere

isa

dif

fere

nce

inel

ectr

icp

ote

nti

al

on

the

pil

essu

rfac

e.In

anef

fort

top

rov

ide

elec

tric

al

con

tin

uit

y,

par

ticu

larl

yin

cap

ped

wal

ls,

aco

nti

nu

ou

s

No

.6

reb

arsh

ou

ldb

ep

rov

ided

atop

the

pil

ing

.T

he

reb

arsh

ou

ldb

ew

eld

edat

each

sect

ion

and

term

inat

eat

mo

no

lith

join

tsw

her

ea

flex

ible

jum

per

isre

qu

ired

.If

sub

seq

uen

tin

spec

tio

ns

sho

wa

rap

idlo

sso

fm

ater

ial,

the

syst

emca

nb

eex

tern

ally

char

ged

toh

alt

the

flo

wo

f

elec

tric

curr

ent,

thu

ssu

pp

ress

ing

the

corr

osi

on

pro

cess

.

See

Fig

ure

s9

-1an

d9

-2fo

rd

etai

ls.

(4)

Inso

me

case

sa

larg

ersh

eet

pil

ese

ctio

nm

ayb

e

spec

ifie

dto

pro

vid

efo

rth

ean

tici

pat

edlo

sso

fse

ctio

n

resu

ltin

gfr

om

corr

osi

on

.

9-3

.L

iqu

efa

cti

on

Po

ten

tial

Du

rin

gD

rivin

g

Th

ep

ote

nti

alfo

rli

qu

efac

tio

nm

ayex

ist

atan

yti

me

a

dy

nam

icop

erat

ion

tak

esp

lace

up

on

ag

ran

ula

rfo

un

da-

tio

no

ra

stra

tifi

edfo

un

dat

ion

wh

ich

con

tain

sg

ran

ula

r

soil

s.T

he

risk

of

liq

uef

acti

on

sho

uld

be

eval

uat

edo

na

case

-by

-cas

eb

asis

usi

ng

the

reco

mm

end

atio

ns

of

Tec

h-

nic

alR

epo

rtG

L-8

8-9

(To

rrey

19

88

).If

the

fou

nd

atio

n

9-1

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

2-3

.T

yp

ical

heavy-g

au

ge

ste

el

pil

ing

Fig

ure

2-4

.T

yp

ical

lig

ht-

gau

ge

ste

el

pil

ing

2-6

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94

Fig

ure

2-5

.T

yp

ical

wo

od

secti

on

s

Fig

ure

2-6

.T

yp

ical

co

ncre

tesecti

on

s

2-7

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

the

shee

tp

iles

.T

he

cold

-ro

lled

sect

ion

sal

soar

eu

sual

ly

thin

and

may

be

pro

ne

too

ver

stre

ssin

gd

uri

ng

dri

vin

g.

Th

eh

ot-

roll

edp

iles

can

be

sim

ilar

lyd

amag

ed,

bu

tth

eir

inte

rlo

cks

are

ab

all-

and

sock

et-t

yp

eco

nn

ecti

on

wh

ich

can

"pop

"if

har

dd

riv

ing

con

dit

ion

sar

een

cou

nte

red

.

b.Concrete.

Co

ncr

ete

shee

tp

iles

usu

ally

can

no

tb

e

dri

ven

wit

hh

igh

-en

erg

yim

pac

th

amm

ers

wit

ho

ut

dam

agin

gth

ep

ile.

Th

eyac

tas

dis

pla

cem

ent

pil

esan

d

oft

enre

qu

ire

jett

ing

tob

ed

riv

en.

Th

eyar

eo

ften

tren

ched

inp

lace

bec

ause

they

are

usu

ally

use

din

low

dec

ora

tiv

ew

alls

wh

ich

hav

ea

shal

low

dep

tho

f

pen

etra

tio

n.

c.Aluminum,timber,andplastics.

Th

ese

typ

eso

f

shee

tp

iles

are

usu

ally

dri

ven

wit

hli

gh

tco

nst

ruct

ion

equ

ipm

ent,

such

asb

ack

ho

eso

rja

ckh

amm

ers,

top

rev

ent

dam

age

toth

ep

ilin

g.

Wal

lsco

mp

ose

do

fth

ese

mat

e-

rial

sar

eo

ften

tren

ched

inp

lace

.

8-9

.T

ole

ran

ces

a.Driving.

Av

erti

cal

tole

ran

ceo

fp

lus

or

min

us

11

/2in

ches

,fr

om

the

des

ign

elev

atio

n,

isu

sual

lyp

er-

mit

ted

.S

hee

tp

ilin

gsh

ou

ldn

ot

be

dri

ven

mo

reth

an

1/8

inch

per

foo

to

ut

of

plu

mb

eith

erin

the

pla

ne

of

the

wal

lo

rp

erp

end

icu

lar

toth

ep

lan

eo

fth

ew

all.

b.Excavation.

Gen

eral

ly,

for

anex

cav

ated

surf

ace

on

wh

ich

con

cret

ew

ill

be

pla

ced

,th

eal

low

able

ver

tica

l

tole

ran

ceis

1/2

inch

abo

ve

lin

ean

dg

rad

ean

d2

inch

es

bel

ow

.F

or

all

oth

erar

eas,

ver

tica

lan

dh

ori

zon

tal

tole

r-

ance

so

f6

inch

es,

plu

so

rm

inu

s,fr

om

the

spec

ifie

d

gra

de

are

usu

ally

per

mit

ted

.N

eith

erex

trem

eso

fth

ese

tole

ran

ces

sho

uld

be

con

tin

uo

us

ov

eran

area

gre

ater

than

20

0sq

uar

efe

et.

Ab

rup

tch

ang

essh

ou

ldn

ot

be

per

mit

ted

.

8-1

0.

An

ch

ors

Imp

rop

erly

pla

nn

edco

nst

ruct

ion

met

ho

ds

may

pro

du

ce

load

sw

hic

hex

ceed

tho

seu

sed

for

des

ign

.A

nch

or

forc

es,

soil

pre

ssu

res,

and

wat

erlo

ads

are

affe

cted

by

the

met

ho

do

fco

nst

ruct

ion

and

con

stru

ctio

np

ract

ices

.

Th

ese

qu

ence

of

tig

hte

nin

gti

ero

ds

sho

uld

be

spec

ifie

d

top

rev

ent

ov

erst

ress

esin

iso

late

dse

ctio

ns

of

the

wal

e

or

the

shee

tp

ile

wal

l.A

nch

ors

and

tie

rod

ssh

ou

ldb

e

pla

ced

and

tig

hte

ned

ina

un

ifo

rmm

ann

erso

that

no

ov

erst

ress

esm

ayo

ccu

r.B

ack

fill

ing

abo

ve

the

anch

or

elev

atio

nsh

ou

ldb

eca

refu

lly

con

tro

lled

top

rev

ent

ben

d-

ing

of

the

tie

rod

s.T

he

bac

kfi

llm

ater

ial

sho

uld

be

con

tro

lled

,an

dth

eth

ick

nes

so

fco

mp

acte

dla

yer

ssh

ou

ld

be

lim

ited

toen

sure

pro

per

com

pac

tio

nan

dd

rain

age

of

the

bac

kfi

llm

ater

ial.

8-3

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-2504

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Mar

94

and

anim

pac

th

amm

ersh

ou

ldb

eem

plo

yed

.T

he

sele

c-

tio

no

fth

ety

pe

or

size

of

the

ham

mer

isb

ased

on

the

soil

inw

hic

hth

ep

ile

isd

riv

en.

Th

ed

esig

ner

sho

uld

be

awar

eo

fth

eso

ilst

iffn

ess

and

po

ssib

ilit

yo

fob

stru

ctio

ns

wh

ich

cou

ldca

use

fail

ure

or

wea

ken

ing

of

the

shee

tp

ile

du

rin

gd

riv

ing

.

c.GuidesandTemplates.

To

ensu

reth

atp

iles

are

pla

ced

and

dri

ven

toth

eco

rrec

tal

ign

men

t,a

gu

ide

stru

ctu

reo

rte

mp

late

ssh

ou

ldb

eu

sed

.A

tle

ast

two

tem

pla

tes

sho

uld

be

use

din

dri

vin

gea

chp

ile

or

pai

ro

f

pil

es.

Tem

pla

tes

sho

uld

also

be

use

dto

ob

tain

the

pro

per

plu

mb

nes

so

fth

esh

eet

pil

ew

all.

Met

alp

ilin

gs

pro

per

lyp

lace

dan

dd

riv

enar

ein

terl

ock

edth

rou

gh

ou

t

thei

rle

ng

th.

d.Accessories.

Ap

rote

ctiv

eca

psh

ou

ldb

e

emp

loy

edw

ith

imp

act

ham

mer

sto

pre

ven

td

amag

eto

the

top

so

fth

ep

ilin

g.

Pro

tect

ive

sho

esto

pro

tect

the

tip

are

also

avai

lab

leso

that

dri

vin

gth

rou

gh

har

der

soil

stra

tais

po

ssib

le.

Ifan

ob

stru

ctio

nis

enco

un

tere

dd

ur-

ing

dri

vin

g,

itsh

ou

ldb

ere

mo

ved

or

pen

etra

ted

wit

ha

chis

elb

eam

.D

uri

ng

dri

vin

g,

the

pil

ing

nex

tto

the

on

e

bei

ng

dri

ven

may

ten

dto

foll

ow

bel

ow

the

fin

ald

esig

n

elev

atio

n;

inth

isca

seit

may

be

nec

essa

ryto

pin

inp

lace

pil

esto

get

her

bef

ore

the

nex

tp

ile

isd

riv

en.

Ex

trac

tio

n,

or

pu

llin

go

fsp

ecif

icp

iles

for

insp

ecti

on

s,m

ayb

e

req

uir

edif

dam

age

toth

ep

ile

or

inte

rlo

cks

issu

spec

ted

or

ifex

cess

ive

dri

fto

ccu

rs.

Th

eci

rcu

mst

ance

ssh

ou

ld

be

care

full

yin

ves

tig

ated

tod

eter

min

eth

eca

use

of

dam

-

age,

and

rem

edia

lac

tio

nsh

ou

ldb

eta

ken

bef

ore

red

riv

ing

.

8-6

.S

tora

ge

an

dH

an

dli

ng

a.Steelpiling.

Ste

elp

ilin

gm

ayb

ed

amag

edw

hen

mis

han

dle

do

rst

ore

dim

pro

per

ly,

resu

ltin

gin

per

-

man

entl

yb

ent

shee

ts.

Pil

ing

sto

red

on

site

sho

uld

no

t

exce

edst

ack

hei

gh

tan

dw

eig

ht

assh

ipp

edfr

om

the

mil

l.B

lock

ing

isu

sed

tom

ain

tain

pil

ing

ina

lev

el

po

siti

on

.B

lock

ing

bet

wee

nb

un

dle

ssh

ou

ldb

elo

cate

d

dir

ectl

yo

ver

any

blo

ckin

gp

lace

dim

med

iate

lyb

elo

w.

Sli

ng

so

ro

ther

met

ho

ds

that

pre

ven

tb

uck

lin

gd

uri

ng

lift

ing

are

typ

ical

lyu

sed

on

lon

gle

ng

ths

of

stee

lp

ilin

g.

Sh

eets

ov

er8

0fe

etin

len

gth

sho

uld

be

han

dle

du

sin

ga

min

imu

mo

ftw

op

ick

-up

po

ints

.A

dd

itio

nal

care

is

req

uir

edw

hen

han

dli

ng

pil

ing

wit

hp

rote

ctiv

eco

atin

gs,

and

any

dam

aged

area

wil

lre

qu

ire

rep

airs

pri

or

to

dri

vin

g.

b.Hot-rolledandcold-formedsteelsections.

Th

e

foll

ow

ing

are

sug

ges

ted

blo

ckin

gp

roce

du

res

for

cert

ain

pop

ula

rh

ot-

roll

edan

dco

ld-r

oll

edst

eel

sect

ion

s:

(1)

Blo

ckin

gfo

rP

Z-4

0an

dP

Z-3

5sh

eet

pil

ese

c-

tio

ns

sho

uld

be

spac

edn

om

ore

than

15

feet

apar

tan

d

no

mo

reth

an2

feet

fro

mth

een

ds.

(2)

Blo

ckin

gfo

rP

Z-2

1,

PZ

-22

,P

SA

-23

,P

S-2

7.5

,

and

PS

-31

shee

tp

ile

sect

ion

ssh

ou

ldb

esp

aced

no

mo

re

than

10

feet

apar

tan

dn

om

ore

than

2fe

etfr

om

the

end

s. (3)

Blo

ckin

gfo

rS

PZ

-22

,S

PZ

-23

.5,

SP

Z-2

3,

SP

Z-

26

,F

Z-7

,an

dF

Z-9

shee

tp

ile

sect

ion

ssh

ou

ldb

esp

aced

no

mo

reth

an1

2fe

etap

art

and

no

mo

reth

an2

feet

fro

mth

een

ds.

Lig

ht-

du

tyst

eel,

alu

min

um

,co

ncr

ete,

and

pla

stic

shee

t

pil

esar

en

ot

com

mo

nly

use

dfo

rst

ruct

ura

lsh

eet

pil

e

wal

lsan

dsh

ou

ldb

est

ore

dan

dh

and

led

acco

rdin

gto

the

man

ufa

ctu

rer’

sre

com

men

dat

ion

s.

8-7

.M

eth

od

so

fIn

sta

llati

on

a.Driving.

Sh

eet

pil

ing

isty

pic

ally

dri

ven

wit

h

trad

itio

nal

pil

ed

riv

ing

equ

ipm

ent.

Th

esh

eet

pil

esar

e

alig

ned

usi

ng

tem

pla

tes

or

asi

mil

arg

uid

ing

stru

ctu

re

inst

ead

of

lead

s.F

or

furt

her

info

rmat

ion

on

pil

ed

riv

ing

equ

ipm

ent

see

EM

11

10

-2-2

90

6.

b.Jetting.

Pil

ing

ssh

ou

ldn

ot

be

dri

ven

wit

hth

eai

d

of

wat

erje

tsw

ith

ou

tau

tho

riza

tio

no

fth

ed

esig

nen

gi-

nee

r.Je

ttin

gis

usu

ally

auth

ori

zed

top

enet

rate

stra

tao

f

den

seco

hes

ion

less

soil

s.A

uth

ori

zed

jett

ing

sho

uld

be

per

form

edo

nb

oth

sid

eso

fth

ep

ilin

gsi

mu

ltan

eou

sly

and

mu

stb

ed

isco

nti

nu

edd

uri

ng

the

last

5to

10

feet

of

pil

ep

enet

rati

on

.A

deq

uat

ep

rov

isio

ns

mu

stb

em

ade

for

the

con

tro

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sit

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ryto

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ns

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hen

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usu

ally

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ced

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2-8

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EM

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Mar

94

Ch

ap

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the

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shee

tp

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Exp

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a.

Reconnaissance

phase

andfeasibilityphase

exploration:

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exp

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sho

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pen

ou

gh

tosa

mp

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wh

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all

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form

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dep

tho

ffi

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tim

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wal

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r

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and

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abil

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of

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nt

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eb

ori

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us

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geo

log

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char

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rist

ics

of

the

pro

ject

.

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.

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rin

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plo

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on

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nd

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dev

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det

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dm

ater

ial

pro

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dq

uan

tifi

cati

on

of

mat

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par

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en

um

ber

of

bo

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pre

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s.

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end

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eb

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lay

ou

t

sho

uld

be

con

tro

lled

by

the

geo

log

icco

nd

itio

ns

and

the

char

acte

rist

ics

of

the

pro

po

sed

stru

ctu

re.

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edo

nth

e

pre

lim

inar

ysi

tech

arac

teri

zati

on

,b

ori

ng

ssh

ou

ldb

e

situ

ated

toco

nfi

rmth

elo

cati

on

of

sig

nif

ican

tch

ang

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sub

surf

ace

con

dit

ion

sas

wel

las

toco

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nti

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-

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ent

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lab

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test

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and

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add

i-

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nal

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lora

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np

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eu

sefu

lto

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det

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din

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sin

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pla

ns

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bse

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and

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dif

icat

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s.

3-3

.T

esti

ng

of

Fo

un

dati

on

Mate

rials

a.General.

Pro

ced

ure

sfo

rte

stin

gso

ils

are

des

crib

edin

EM

11

10

-2-1

90

6.

Pro

ced

ure

sfo

rte

stin

g

rock

spec

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sar

ed

escr

ibed

inth

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Handbook

(U.S

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Exp

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98

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cho

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ssio

no

nu

seo

f

lab

ora

tory

test

sin

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11

10

-1-1

80

4an

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11

0-2

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13

also

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lies

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all

des

ign

.

3-1

EM

1110-2

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31

Mar

94

Ch

ap

ter

8E

ng

ineeri

ng

Co

nsid

era

tio

ns

for

Co

nstr

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on

8-1

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en

era

l

Th

isch

apte

rad

dre

sses

eng

inee

rin

gco

nsi

der

atio

ns

for

shee

tp

ile

wal

lco

nst

ruct

ion

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sin

ten

tis

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ive

des

ign

and

con

stru

ctio

nen

gin

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ano

ver

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wo

fin

stal

lati

on

and

its

effe

cto

nth

ed

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n.

8-2

.S

ite

Co

nd

itio

ns

Sit

eco

nd

itio

ns

sho

uld

be

eval

uat

edd

uri

ng

the

reco

n-

nai

ssan

cep

has

e,w

ith

effo

rtin

crea

sin

gas

the

des

ign

pro

gre

sses

.O

ver

hea

dan

du

nd

erg

rou

nd

ob

stru

ctio

ns,

such

asp

ipes

,p

ow

erli

nes

,an

dex

isti

ng

stru

ctu

res,

may

dic

tate

spec

ial

con

stru

ctio

nte

chn

iqu

es.

So

me

situ

atio

ns

may

even

nec

essi

tate

ach

ang

ein

wal

lal

ign

men

t.T

he

effe

cts

of

pil

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ing

on

nea

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stru

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or

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men

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8-3

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on

str

ucti

on

Seq

uen

ce

a.Interimprotection.

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nst

ruct

ion

of

an

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oo

d-

wal

lso

met

imes

req

uir

esre

mo

val

of

the

exis

tin

gp

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c-

tio

n.

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atsi

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ryto

pro

vid

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pro

tect

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or

toco

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ruct

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new

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lin

stag

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rim

pro

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uld

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esa

me

lev

elas

the

rem

ov

edp

rote

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itth

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ead

uti

lity

lin

esar

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loca

ted

tem

po

rari

lyfo

rm

ost

shee

tp

ile

wal

ls.

Sub

seq

uen

tto

pil

ed

riv

ing

,th

eli

nes

can

usu

ally

be

pla

ced

bac

kin

thei

r

ori

gin

alp

osi

tio

n.

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der

gro

un

dli

nes

are

rem

ov

edfo

r

pil

ed

riv

ing

and

then

pla

ced

bac

kth

rou

gh

the

shee

tp

ile.

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po

rary

byp

ass

lin

esar

en

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sary

for

som

esi

tua-

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ns.

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man

ent

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on

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hth

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all

mu

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for

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wal

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8-4

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art

hw

ork

a.Excavation.

Ex

cav

atio

nco

nsi

sts

of

the

rem

ov

al

and

dis

po

sal

of

mat

eria

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the

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des

and

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on

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pro

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ener

ally

req

uir

ed

wh

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ing

or

tren

chin

gsh

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ean

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rp

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men

t

of

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rs.

Ad

ewat

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stem

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sist

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of

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ps

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pu

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d-

ing

on

sub

surf

ace

con

dit

ion

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nex

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atio

nan

d

dew

ater

ing

pla

nsh

ou

ldb

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bm

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db

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eco

ntr

acto

r

for

rev

iew

pri

or

toco

mm

ence

men

to

fw

ork

.

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rin

gp

ile

dri

vin

gop

era-

tio

ns,

vo

ids

may

form

adja

cen

tto

the

web

san

dfl

ang

es

of

the

shee

tp

ilin

gd

ue

toso

ild

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do

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.T

yp

ical

ly,

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oid

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rst

pu

mp

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eeo

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ater

pre

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t,

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ue

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in,

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lled

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y.

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ou

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e

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gh

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dst

ron

gen

ou

gh

to

app

rox

imat

eth

est

ren

gth

of

the

insi

tum

ater

ial.

c.Backfill

.It

isre

com

men

ded

that

clea

nsa

nd

san

d

gra

vel

sb

eu

sed

asb

ack

fill

for

reta

inin

gw

alls

wh

enev

er

po

ssib

le.

Mat

eria

lp

lace

db

ehin

dth

ew

all

sho

uld

be

com

pac

ted

top

rev

ent

sett

lem

ent.

Th

eam

ou

nt

of

com

-

pac

tio

nre

qu

ired

dep

end

so

nth

em

ater

ial

use

d.

Ov

er

com

pac

tio

nco

uld

ind

uce

add

itio

nal

late

ral

pre

ssu

res

that

may

no

th

ave

bee

nac

cou

nte

dfo

rin

the

des

ign

.T

yp

i-

call

y,

gra

nu

lar

fill

isp

lace

din

thin

lift

s,w

ith

each

lift

com

pac

ted

bef

ore

the

nex

tis

pla

ced

.If

bac

kfi

llis

tob

e

pla

ced

on

bo

thsi

des

of

aw

all,

pla

cem

ent

sho

uld

be

in

sim

ult

aneo

us

equ

alli

fts

on

each

sid

e.T

her

ear

eso

me

situ

atio

ns

inw

hic

hth

eu

seo

fcl

ayb

ack

fill

isu

nav

oid

-

able

,as

inb

ack

fill

for

wal

lsin

lev

ees.

Un

der

thes

e

circ

um

stan

ces

ver

yst

rict

con

tro

lso

nco

mp

acti

on

are

req

uir

ed.

8-5

.E

qu

ipm

en

tan

dA

ccesso

ries

a.General.

Th

em

ost

com

mo

nm

eth

od

so

fin

stal

lin

g

shee

tp

ile

wal

lsin

clu

de

dri

vin

g,

jett

ing

,an

dtr

ench

ing

.

Th

ety

pe

of

shee

tp

ilin

go

ften

go

ver

ns

the

met

ho

do

f

inst

alla

tio

n.

Co

ntr

act

spec

ific

atio

ns

sho

uld

pro

hib

itth

e

inst

alla

tio

no

fsh

eet

pil

ing

un

til

the

con

trac

tor’

sm

eth

od

s

and

equ

ipm

ent

are

app

rov

ed.

b.Hammers.

Typ

eso

fd

riv

ing

ham

mer

sal

low

edfo

r

shee

tp

iles

incl

ud

est

eam

,ai

r,o

rd

iese

ld

rop

,si

ng

le-

acti

on

,d

oub

le-a

ctio

n,

dif

fere

nti

al-a

ctio

n,

or

vib

rato

ry.

Th

ere

qu

ired

dri

vin

gen

erg

yra

ng

esh

ou

ldb

esp

ecif

ied

in

foo

t-p

ou

nd

sb

ased

on

the

man

ufa

ctu

rer’

sre

com

men

da-

tio

ns

and

the

typ

eo

fsu

bsu

rfac

eth

atw

ill

be

enco

un

-

tere

d.

Vib

rato

ryh

amm

ers

are

wid

ely

use

db

ecau

seth

ey

usu

ally

can

dri

ve

the

pil

esfa

ster

,d

on

ot

dam

age

the

top

of

the

pil

e,an

dca

nea

sily

be

extr

acte

dw

hen

nec

essa

ry.

Av

ibra

tory

ham

mer

can

dri

ve

pil

ing

up

toei

gh

tti

mes

fast

erth

anim

pac

th

amm

ers

dep

end

ing

on

the

typ

eo

f

sub

gra

de.

Wh

ena

har

dd

riv

ing

con

dit

ion

isen

cou

n-

tere

d,

av

ibra

tory

ham

mer

can

cau

seth

ein

terl

ock

sto

mel

t.If

the

pen

etra

tio

nra

teis

1fo

ot

or

less

per

min

ute

,

the

use

of

av

ibra

tory

ham

mer

sho

uld

be

dis

con

tin

ued

8-1

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94

Fig

ure

7-3

.A

nch

or

sp

rin

g

wh

ere

L=

len

gth

of

tie

rod

sat

tach

edto

dis

cret

ean

cho

rso

r

the

unb

on

ded

len

gth

of

gro

ute

dan

cho

rs

E=

mo

du

lus

of

elas

tici

tyo

fth

ero

d

Aa

=cr

oss

-sec

tio

nal

area

of

the

rod

Th

efo

rce-

def

orm

atio

nch

arac

teri

stic

for

cab

lete

nd

on

s

sho

uld

be

ob

tain

edfr

om

man

ufa

ctu

rer’

ssp

ecif

icat

ion

s.

7-7

.A

pp

licati

on

of

SS

IA

naly

sis

Th

eS

SI

pro

ced

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vid

esso

luti

on

sin

wh

ich

forc

es

(ben

din

gm

om

ents

,sh

ears

,an

cho

rfo

rce,

and

soil

pre

s-

sure

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eco

mp

atib

lew

ith

wal

ld

isp

lace

men

tsat

all

po

ints

.In

add

itio

n,

solu

tio

ns

may

be

ob

tain

edb

yth

is

met

ho

dfo

rst

ages

inte

rmed

iate

toth

efi

nal

con

fig

ura

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n

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ell

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mu

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cts

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the

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.T

he

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ates

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eter

s,co

nse

qu

entl

yth

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eth

od

sho

uld

be

use

dto

eval

uat

eth

ese

nsi

tiv

ity

of

the

solu

tio

nto

var

ia-

tio

ns

inso

ilst

iffn

ess.

Ter

zag

hi

(19

55

)h

asin

dic

ated

that

the

forc

esin

the

syst

emar

ere

lati

vel

yin

sen

siti

ve

to

larg

ev

aria

tio

ns

inso

ilst

iffn

ess,

alth

ou

gh

calc

ula

ted

dis

-

pla

cem

ents

are

sig

nif

ican

tly

affe

cted

.A

lth

ou

gh

the

forc

esan

dd

isp

lace

men

tsar

eco

mp

atib

lein

the

solu

tio

n,

itm

ust

be

reco

gn

ized

that

the

calc

ula

ted

def

lect

ion

sar

e

on

lyre

pre

sen

tati

ve

of

the

def

orm

atio

no

fth

ew

all

and

do

no

tin

clu

de

dis

pla

cem

ents

of

the

enti

rew

all/

soil

mas

s.

7-4

EM

1110-2

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Mar

94

Cla

ssif

icat

ion

and

ind

exte

sts

(wat

erco

nte

nt,

Att

erb

erg

lim

its,

gra

insi

ze)

sho

uld

be

per

form

edo

nm

ost

or

all

sam

ple

san

dsh

ear

test

ssh

ou

ldb

ep

erfo

rmed

on

sele

cted

rep

rese

nta

tiv

eu

nd

istu

rbed

sam

ple

s.W

her

ese

ttle

men

t

of

fin

e-g

rain

fou

nd

atio

nm

ater

ials

iso

fco

nce

rn,

con

soli

-

dat

ion

test

ssh

ou

ldal

sob

ep

erfo

rmed

.T

he

stre

ng

th

par

amet

ers

φan

dc

are

no

tin

trin

sic

mat

eria

lp

rop

erti

es

bu

tra

ther

are

par

amet

ers

that

dep

end

on

the

app

lied

stre

sses

,th

ed

egre

eo

fco

nso

lid

atio

nu

nd

erth

ose

stre

sses

,an

dth

ed

rain

age

con

dit

ion

sd

uri

ng

shea

r.

Co

nse

qu

entl

y,

thei

rv

alu

esm

ust

be

bas

edo

nla

bo

rato

ry

test

sth

atap

pro

pri

atel

ym

od

elth

ese

con

dit

ion

sas

exp

ecte

din

the

fiel

d.

b.Coarse-grainmaterials(cohesionless).

Co

arse

-

gra

inm

ater

ials

such

assa

nd

s,g

rav

els,

and

no

np

last

ic

silt

sar

esu

ffic

ien

tly

per

vio

us

that

exce

ssp

ore

pre

ssu

res

do

no

td

evel

op

wh

enst

ress

con

dit

ion

sar

ech

ang

ed.

Th

eir

shea

rst

ren

gth

isch

arac

teri

zed

by

the

ang

leo

f

inte

rnal

fric

tio

n(φ

)d

eter

min

edfr

om

con

soli

dat

ed,

dra

ined

(So

rC

D)

test

s.F

ailu

reen

vel

op

esp

lott

edin

term

so

fto

tal

or

effe

ctiv

est

ress

esar

eth

esa

me,

and

typ

ical

lyex

hib

ita

zeroc

val

ue

and

val

ue

inth

e

ran

ge

of

25

to4

5d

egre

es.

Th

ev

alu

eo

for

coar

se-

gra

inso

ils

var

ies

dep

end

ing

pre

do

min

atel

yo

nth

ep

arti

-

cle

shap

e,g

rad

atio

n,

and

rela

tiv

ed

ensi

ty.

Bec

ause

of

the

dif

ficu

lty

of

ob

tain

ing

un

dis

turb

edsa

mp

les

of

coar

se-g

rain

soil

s,th

val

ue

isu

sual

lyin

ferr

edfr

om

in

situ

test

so

rco

nse

rvat

ivel

yas

sum

edb

ased

on

mat

eria

l

typ

e. (1)

Tab

le3

-1sh

ow

sap

pro

xim

ate

rela

tio

nsh

ips

bet

wee

nth

ere

lati

ve

den

sity

,st

and

ard

pen

etra

tio

nre

sis-

tan

ce(S

PT

),an

gle

of

inte

rnal

fric

tio

n,

and

un

itw

eig

ht

of

gra

nu

lar

soil

s.F

igu

re3

-1sh

ow

san

oth

erco

rrel

atio

n

bet

wee

,re

lati

ve

den

sity

,an

du

nit

wei

gh

tfo

rv

ario

us

typ

eso

fco

arse

-gra

inso

ils.

Wh

ere

site

-sp

ecif

icco

rrel

a-

tio

ns

are

des

ired

for

imp

ort

ant

stru

ctu

res,

lab

ora

tory

test

sm

ayb

ep

erfo

rmed

on

sam

ple

sre

com

pac

ted

to

sim

ula

tefi

eld

den

sity

.

(2)

Th

ew

all

fric

tio

nan

gle

,δ,

isu

sual

lyex

pre

ssed

asa

frac

tio

no

fth

ean

gle

of

inte

rnal

fric

tio

n,

φ.

Tab

le3

-2sh

ow

sth

esm

alle

stra

tio

sb

etw

een

δan

det

erm

ined

inan

exte

nsi

ve

seri

eso

fte

sts

by

Po

tyo

nd

y

(19

61

).T

able

3-3

sho

ws

ang

leo

fw

all

fric

tio

nfo

r

var

iou

sso

ils

agai

nst

stee

lan

dco

ncr

ete

shee

tp

ile

wal

ls.

c.Fine-grainmaterials(cohesivesoils)

.T

he

shea

r

stre

ng

tho

ffi

ne-

gra

inm

ater

ials

,su

chas

clay

san

dp

last

ic

silt

s,is

con

sid

erab

lym

ore

com

ple

xth

anco

arse

-gra

in

soil

sb

ecau

seo

fth

eir

sig

nif

ican

tly

low

erp

erm

eab

ilit

y,

hig

her

vo

idra

tio

s,an

dth

ein

tera

ctio

nb

etw

een

the

po

re

wat

eran

dth

eso

ilp

arti

cles

.

(1)

Fin

e-g

rain

soil

ssu

bje

cted

tost

ress

chan

ges

dev

elop

exce

ss(e

ith

erp

osi

tiv

eo

rn

egat

ive)

po

rep

res-

sure

sb

ecau

seth

eir

low

per

mea

bil

ity

pre

clu

des

an

inst

anta

neo

us

wat

erco

nte

nt

chan

ge,

anap

par

ent

φ=

0

con

dit

ion

inte

rms

of

tota

lst

ress

es.

Th

us,

thei

rb

ehav

ior

isti

me

dep

end

ent

du

eto

thei

rlo

wp

erm

eab

ilit

y,

resu

lt-

ing

ind

iffe

ren

tb

ehav

ior

un

der

sho

rt-t

erm

(un

dra

ined

)

and

lon

g-t

erm

(dra

ined

)lo

adin

gco

nd

itio

ns.

Th

eco

nd

i-

tio

no

=0

occ

urs

on

lyin

no

rmal

lyco

nso

lid

ated

soil

s.

Ov

erco

nso

lid

ated

clay

s"r

emem

ber

"th

ep

ast

effe

ctiv

e

stre

ssan

dex

hib

itth

esh

ear

stre

ng

thco

rres

po

nd

ing

toa

stre

ssle

vel

clo

ser

toth

ep

reco

nso

lid

atio

np

ress

ure

rath

er

than

the

curr

ent

stre

ss;

ath

igh

erst

ress

es,

abo

ve

the

pre

con

soli

dat

ion

pre

ssu

re,

they

beh

ave

lik

en

orm

ally

con

soli

dat

edcl

ays.

(2)

Th

ese

con

dfa

cto

r,h

igh

erv

oid

rati

o,

gen

eral

ly

mea

ns

low

ersh

ear

stre

ng

th(a

nd

mo

red

iffi

cult

des

ign

s).

Bu

tin

add

itio

n,

itcr

eate

so

ther

pro

ble

ms.

Inso

me

(sen

siti

ve)

clay

sth

elo

ose

stru

ctu

reo

fth

ecl

aym

ayb

e

dis

turb

edb

yco

nst

ruct

ion

op

erat

ion

sle

adin

gto

am

uch

low

erst

ren

gth

and

even

ali

qu

idst

ate.

(3)

Th

eth

ird

fact

or,

the

inte

ract

ion

bet

wee

ncl

ay

par

ticl

esan

dw

ater

(at

mic

rosc

op

icsc

ale)

,is

the

mai

n

cau

seo

fth

e"d

iffe

ren

t"b

ehav

ior

of

clay

s.T

he

firs

ttw

o

fact

ors

,in

fact

,ca

nb

eat

trib

ute

dto

this

(Lam

be

and

Wh

itm

an1

96

9).

Oth

eras

pec

tso

f"p

ecu

liar

"cl

ayb

ehav

-

ior,

such

asse

nsi

tiv

ity

,sw

elli

ng

(exp

ansi

ve

soil

s),

and

low

,ef

fect

ive-

φan

gle

sar

eal

soex

pla

inab

leb

yth

is

fact

or.

(4)

Inp

ract

ice,

the

ov

eral

lef

fect

so

fth

ese

fact

ors

are

ind

irec

tly

exp

ress

edw

ith

the

ind

exp

rop

erti

essu

ch

asLL

(liq

uid

lim

it),PL

(pla

stic

lim

it),w

(wat

erco

n-

ten

t),

ande

(vo

idra

tio

).A

hig

hLL

orPL

ina

soil

is

ind

icat

ive

of

am

ore

"cla

y-l

ike"

or

"pla

stic

"b

ehav

ior.

Ing

ener

al,

ifth

en

atu

ral

wat

erco

nte

nt,w

,is

clo

ser

to

PL

,th

ecl

aym

ayb

eex

pec

ted

tob

est

iff,

ov

erco

n-

soli

dat

ed,

and

hav

ea

hig

hu

nd

rain

edsh

ear

stre

ng

th;

this

usu

ally

(bu

tn

ot

alw

ays)

mea

ns

that

the

dra

ined

con

di-

tio

nm

ayb

em

ore

crit

ical

(wit

hre

spec

tto

the

ov

eral

l

stab

ilit

yan

dth

ep

assi

ve

resi

stan

ceo

fth

eb

eari

ng

stra

-

tum

ina

shee

tp

ile

pro

ble

m).

On

the

oth

erh

and

,if

wis

clo

ser

toL

L,

the

clay

may

be

exp

ecte

dto

be

soft

(Tab

le3

-4),

no

rmal

lyco

nso

lid

ated

,an

dh

ave

alo

w,

un

dra

ined

shea

rst

ren

gth

;an

dth

isu

sual

lym

ean

sth

atth

e

un

dra

ined

con

dit

ion

wil

lb

em

ore

crit

ical

.

3-2

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94

Tab

le3-1

Gra

nu

lar

So

ilP

rop

ert

ies

(aft

er

Ten

g1962)

Compactness

Relative

Density

(%)

SPT

N (blows

perft)

Angle

ofInternal

Friction

(deg)

UnitWeight

Moist(pcf)

Submerged(pcf)

VeryLoose

0-15

0-4

<28

<100

<60

Loose

16-35

5-10

28-30

95-125

55-65

Medium

36-65

11-30

31-36

110-130

60-70

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fect

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the

mo

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Fig

ure

7-1

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Tab

le3-2

Rati

oo

fφ/δ

(Aft

er

All

en

,D

un

can

,an

dS

nacio

1988)

SoilType

Steel

Wood

Concrete

Sand

δ/φ=0.54

δ/φ=0.76

δ/φ=0.76

Silt&Clay

δ/φ=0.54

δ/φ=0.55

δ/φ=0.50

Tab

le3-3

Valu

es

of

δfo

rV

ari

ou

sIn

terf

aces

(aft

er

U.S

.D

ep

art

men

to

fth

eN

avy

1982)

SoilType

δ(deg)

(a)Steelsheetpiles

Cleangravel,gravelsandmixtures,

well-gradedrockfillwithspalls

22

Cleansand,siltysand-gravelmixture,

single-sizehardrockfill

17

Siltysand,gravelorsandmixedwithsiltorclay

14

Finesandysilt,nonplasticsilt

11

(b)Concretesheetpiles

Cleangravel,gravelsandmixtures,well-graded

rockfillwithspalls

22-26

Cleansand,siltysand-gravelmixture,

single-sizehardrockfill

17-22

Siltysand,gravelorsandmixedwithsiltorclay

17

Finesandysilt,nonplasticsilt

14

Tab

le3-4

Co

rrela

tio

no

fU

nd

rain

ed

Sh

ear

Str

en

gth

of

Cla

y(q

u=

2c

)

Consistency

qu

(psf)

SPT

(blows/ft)

Saturated

UnitWeight

(psf)

VerySoft

0-500

0-2

<100-110

Soft

500-1,000

3-4

100-120

Medium

1,000-2,000

5-8

110-125

Stiff

2,000-4,000

9-16

115-130

VeryStiff

4,000-8,000

16-32

120-140

Hard

>8,000

>32

>130

(5)

Sin

cean

un

dra

ined

con

dit

ion

may

be

exp

ecte

dto

occ

ur

un

der

"fas

t"lo

adin

gin

the

fiel

d,

itre

pre

sen

tsa

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ort

-ter

m"

con

dit

ion

;in

tim

e,d

rain

age

wil

lo

ccu

r,an

d

the

dra

ined

stre

ng

thw

ill

go

ver

n(t

he

"lo

ng

-ter

m"

con

di-

tio

n).

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mo

del

thes

eco

nd

itio

ns

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ela

bo

rato

ry,

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e

typ

eso

fte

sts

are

gen

eral

lyu

sed

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nso

lid

ated

un

dra

ined

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rU

U),

con

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dat

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ated

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ren

gth

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om

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ated

un

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test

s

wit

hp

ore

pre

ssu

rem

easu

rem

ents

(R

).

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u,

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ally

con

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ally

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aco

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toin

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ate

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as

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able

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s3

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3-3

,re

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erfi

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on

smal

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ind

icat

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ed

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ear

stre

ng

tho

fn

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ally

con

soli

-

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ays

issi

mil

arto

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′=O

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that

φis

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rnal

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ally

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ow

n

inF

igu

re3

-4.

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ed

rain

edsh

ear

stre

ng

tho

fo

ver

-co

n-

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dat

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mil

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that

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den

sesa

nd

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n

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ren

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no

nze

ro)

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a"r

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ual

"sh

ear

stre

ng

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′=O

).

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ach

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inv

olv

ing

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at,

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less

the

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us,

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th

un

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and

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ean

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a-

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em

ore

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ns

the

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the

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case

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est

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spec

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.

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chas

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eto

po

fa

wal

l,th

eu

nd

rain

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reat

erth

anth

ed

rain

ed

3-4

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Fig

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3-2

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bo

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the

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Stress

andChan

andBazaraa

Thornburn

kips/sqft

(1975)

(1969)

(1974)

0.20

2.25

2.86

0.40

1.87

2.22

1.54

0.60

1.65

1.82

1.40

0.80

1.50

1.54

1.31

1.00

1.38

1.33

1.23

1.20

1.28

1.18

1.17

1.40

1.19

1.05

1.12

1.60

1.12

0.99

1.08

1.80

1.06

0.96

1.04

2.00

1.00

0.94

1.00

2.20

0.95

0.92

0.97

2.40

0.90

0.90

0.94

2.60

0.86

0.88

0.91

2.80

0.82

0.86

0.89

3.00

0.78

0.84

0.87

3.20

0.74

0.82

0.84

3.40

0.71

0.81

0.82

3.60

0.68

0.79

0.81

3.80

0.65

0.78

0.79

4.00

0.62

0.76

0.77

4.20

0.60

0.75

0.75

4.40

0.57

0.73

0.74

4.60

0.55

0.72

0.72

4.80

0.52

0.71

0.71

5.00

0.50

0.70

0.70

con

sid

erab

leac

cep

tan

cein

the

Un

ited

Sta

tes.

Th

ein

ter-

pre

tati

on

of

the

test

isd

escr

ibed

by

Rob

erts

on

and

Cam

pan

ella

(19

83

).F

or

coar

se-g

rain

soil

s,th

eco

ne

resi

stan

ceq

ch

asb

een

emp

iric

ally

corr

elat

edw

ith

stan

-

dar

dp

enet

rati

on

resi

stan

ce(N

val

ue)

.T

he

rati

o(q

c/N

)

isty

pic

ally

inth

era

ng

eo

f2

to6

and

isre

late

dto

med

ium

gra

insi

ze(F

igu

re3

-7).

Th

eu

nd

rain

edst

ren

gth

of

fin

e-g

rain

soil

sm

ayb

ees

tim

ated

by

am

od

ific

atio

n

of

bea

rin

gca

pac

ity

theo

ry:

(3-4

)s u

qc

po

Nk

wh

ere

po

=th

ein

situ

tota

lo

ver

bu

rden

pre

ssu

re

Nk

=em

pir

ical

con

efa

cto

rty

pic

ally

inth

era

ng

eo

f

10

to2

0

Fig

ure

3-5

.S

PT

co

rrecti

on

to1

tsf

Th

eN

kv

alu

esh

ou

ldb

eb

ased

on

loca

lex

per

ien

cean

d

corr

elat

ion

tola

bo

rato

ryte

sts.

Co

ne

pen

etra

tio

nte

sts

also

may

be

use

dto

infe

rso

ilcl

assi

fica

tio

nto

sup

ple

-

men

tp

hy

sica

lsa

mp

lin

g.

Fig

ure

3-8

ind

icat

esp

rob

able

soil

typ

eas

afu

nct

ion

of

con

ere

sist

ance

and

fric

tio

n

rati

o.

Co

ne

pen

etra

tio

nte

sts

may

pro

du

ceer

rati

cre

sult

s

ing

rav

elly

soil

s.

d.Pressuremetertest

.T

he

PM

Tal

soo

rig

inat

edin

Eu

rop

e.It

su

sean

din

terp

reta

tio

nar

ed

iscu

ssed

by

Bag

uel

in,

Jeze

qu

el,

and

Sh

ield

s(1

97

8).

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tre

sult

sar

e

no

rmal

lyu

sed

tod

irec

tly

calc

ula

teb

eari

ng

cap

acit

yan

d

sett

lem

ents

,b

ut

the

test

can

be

use

dto

esti

mat

est

ren

gth

par

amet

ers.

Th

eu

nd

rain

edst

ren

gth

of

fin

e-g

rain

mat

eria

lsis

giv

enb

y:

(3-5

)s up

1p

′ ho

2Kb

wh

ere

p1

=li

mit

pre

ssu

re

3-8

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Fig

ure

3-6

.C

orr

ela

tio

ns

betw

een

SP

Tre

su

lts

an

dsh

ear

str

en

gth

of

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lar

mate

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ph

o′

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fect

ive

at-r

est

ho

rizo

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lp

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ure

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ent

typ

ical

lyin

the

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ge

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2.5

to3

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for

mo

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ain

,co

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atio

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ith

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test

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eri-

ence

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com

men

ded

.

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esig

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Sele

cti

on

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eh

eter

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stre

ng

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aria

bly

exh

ibit

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tere

dre

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idan

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ined

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M1

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0-2

-19

02

reg

ard

ing

the

sele

ctio

no

fd

esig

nst

ren

gth

sat

or

bel

ow

the

thir

ty-t

hir

d

per

cen

tile

of

the

test

resu

lts

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soap

pli

cab

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wal

ls.

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rsm

all

pro

ject

s,co

nse

rvat

ive

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ctio

no

fd

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n

stre

ng

ths

nea

rth

elo

wer

bo

un

do

fp

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esm

ay

be

mo

reco

st-e

ffec

tiv

eth

anp

erfo

rmin

gad

dit

ion

alte

sts.

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ere

exp

ecte

dv

alu

eso

fd

rain

edst

ren

gth

s(φ

val

ues

)

are

esti

mat

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om

corr

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i-

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des

ign

stre

ng

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f9

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nt

of

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d

(mo

stli

kel

y)

val

ue

wil

lu

sual

lyb

esu

ffic

ien

tly

con

serv

ativ

e.

3-9

EM

1110-2

-2504

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Mar

94

(b)

Mo

men

tre

du

ctio

nfa

cto

rfo

rco

hes

ive

fou

nd

a-

tio

nso

ils.

Mo

men

tre

du

ctio

nfa

cto

rsfo

rp

iles

in

ho

mo

gen

eou

sco

hes

ive

soil

sal

sod

epen

do

nth

est

abil

ity

nu

mb

erg

iven

by

(6-9

)Sn

1.2

5(c

/pv)

wh

ere

c=

coh

esiv

est

ren

gth

of

the

soil

pv

=ef

fect

ive

ver

tica

lso

ilp

ress

ure

on

the

reta

ined

sid

e

of

the

wal

lat

the

elev

atio

no

fth

ed

red

ge

lin

e

Cu

rves

forR

mar

eg

iven

for

var

iou

sco

mb

inat

ion

so

f

syst

emp

aram

eter

sin

Fig

ure

6-4

.

(2)

An

cho

red

wal

lso

fm

ater

ials

oth

erth

anco

ncr

ete.

(a)

Fle

xu

re.

Th

em

inim

um

req

uir

edse

ctio

n

mo

du

lus

isg

iven

by

(6-1

0)

Sm

in[M

des

Tav(y m

e a)]

/fb

wh

ere

Md

es=

red

uce

dm

axim

um

ben

din

gm

om

ent

Tav

=ax

ial

com

po

nen

to

fan

incl

ined

anch

or

forc

e

y m=

com

pu

ted

def

lect

ion

atth

eel

evat

ion

of

max

i-

mu

mm

om

ent

e a=

ecce

ntr

icit

yd

ue

toan

cho

rco

nn

ecti

on

det

ails

(may

be

po

siti

ve

or

neg

ativ

e,se

ed

iscu

ssio

no

f

des

ign

of

wal

es,

par

agra

ph

6-3

e).

(b)

Sh

ear.

Th

ere

qu

ired

shea

rar

eao

fth

ese

ctio

nis

calc

ula

ted

asd

escr

ibed

inp

arag

rap

h6

-4c(

1)(

b).

(c)

Co

mb

ined

Lo

adin

g.

Wh

enex

tern

alef

fect

so

ther

than

anin

clin

edan

cho

rp

rod

uce

axia

llo

adin

go

nth

e

shee

tp

ilin

g,

the

min

imu

mse

ctio

nm

od

ulu

sis

giv

enb

y

(6-1

1)

Sm

in[M

max

Tav(y m

e a)

P(ym

y pe p

)]/f b

wh

ere

Mm

ax=

max

imu

mb

end

ing

mo

men

tfr

om

the

Fre

e

Ear

thm

eth

od

(un

red

uce

d)

Tav

=ax

ial

com

po

nen

to

fth

ean

cho

rfo

rce

y m=

com

pu

ted

def

lect

ion

atth

eel

evat

ion

ofMmax

e a=

ecce

ntr

icit

yo

fth

ean

cho

rfo

rce

P=

add

itio

nal

axia

llo

ad

y p=

def

lect

ion

atth

ep

oin

to

fap

pli

cati

on

ofP

e p=

ecce

ntr

icit

yo

fth

ep

oin

to

fap

pli

cati

on

ofP

Itis

reco

mm

end

edth

atT

av(y

m+e a

)+P

(ym

-y p

+e p

)b

e

less

thanM

max

/10

un

less

itis

dem

on

stra

ted

that

bu

ckli

ng

isu

nli

kel

y.

(3)

An

cho

red

wal

lso

fco

ncr

ete.

Cro

ssse

ctio

ns

of

pre

stre

ssed

or

rein

forc

edco

ncr

ete

wal

lssh

all

be

pro

po

r-

tio

ned

inac

cord

ance

wit

hth

ere

qu

irem

ents

spec

ifie

din

par

agra

ph

s6

-3.a

(2)

and

(3).

e.Designoftierodsandwales.

Am

ajo

rity

of

fail

-

ure

so

fan

cho

red

wal

lso

ccu

rin

the

tie

rod

s,w

ales

,an

d

anch

ors

.T

yp

ical

wal

ean

dti

ero

dco

nfi

gu

rati

on

sar

e

sho

wn

inF

igu

re6

-5.

All

con

nec

tio

ns

inth

ese

com

-

po

nen

tssh

ou

ldb

eb

olt

edan

dd

esig

ned

inac

cord

ance

wit

hth

eA

mer

ican

Inst

itu

teo

fS

teel

Co

nst

ruct

ion

(AIS

C)

Sp

ecif

icat

ion

sfo

rB

olt

edC

on

nec

tio

ns

(Res

earc

h

Co

un

cil

on

Str

uct

ura

lC

on

nec

tio

ns

19

85

).B

ecau

seo

f

the

crit

ical

nat

ure

of

the

anch

ora

ge,

the

des

ign

of

the

tie

rod

san

dw

ales

sho

uld

be

bas

edo

nth

ean

cho

rfo

rce

calc

ula

ted

fro

mth

est

abil

ity

anal

ysi

sw

ith

the

fact

or

of

safe

tyap

pli

edto

the

pas

siv

eso

ilp

ress

ure

asd

escr

ibed

inC

hap

ter

5.

(1)

Tie

rod

des

ign

.T

iero

ds

are

com

mo

nly

stee

l

rod

sw

ith

thre

aded

con

nec

tio

ns

incl

ud

ing

atu

rnb

uck

le

6-5

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(6-4

)Av,

min

Vm

ax/f v

wh

ere

Av

,min

=m

inim

um

"sh

ear

area

"p

erfo

ot

of

wal

l

Vm

ax=

max

imu

msh

ear

per

foo

to

fw

all

f v=

allo

wab

lesh

ear

stre

ssap

pro

pri

ate

toth

e

mat

eria

lan

dlo

adin

gco

nd

itio

n

Th

esh

ear

area

for

Z-s

hap

edse

ctio

ns

may

be

tak

enas

(6-5

)Av

t wh

/w

wh

ere

t w=

thic

kn

ess

of

the

web

po

rtio

no

fth

eZ

h=

hei

gh

to

fth

eZ

w=

wid

tho

fth

ese

ctio

n

Fo

rw

oo

dp

iles

the

shea

rar

eam

ayta

ken

astw

o-t

hir

ds

of

the

rect

ang

ula

rar

eap

erfo

ot

of

wal

l.

(c)

Co

mb

ined

load

s.W

her

eex

tern

alef

fect

s(e

.g.

a

con

cret

eca

p)

may

pro

du

cean

axia

llo

adin

the

pil

e,th

e

min

imu

mse

ctio

nm

od

ulu

sis

giv

enb

y

(6-6

)S

min

[Mm

axP

(yp

e p)]

/f b

wh

ere

P=

app

lied

axia

llo

ad

y p=

late

ral

def

lect

ion

atth

ep

oin

to

fap

pli

cati

on

ofP

e p=

ecce

ntr

icit

yo

fth

ep

oin

to

fap

pli

cati

on

ofP

fro

m

the

cen

tro

idal

axis

of

the

pil

ing

(may

be

po

siti

ve

or

neg

ativ

e)

Itis

reco

mm

end

edth

atth

ev

alu

eo

fP

(yp

+e p

)b

ele

ss

thanM

max

/10

un

less

itis

dem

on

stra

ted

that

bu

ckli

ng

of

the

pil

ing

isu

nli

kel

y.

(2)

Can

tile

ver

con

cret

ew

alls

.C

ross

sect

ion

sfo

r

wal

lso

fp

rest

ress

edo

rre

info

rced

con

cret

esh

all

be

pro

po

rtio

ned

for

max

imu

mb

end

ing

mo

men

t,sh

ear

and

any

axia

llo

adin

acco

rdan

cew

ith

par

agra

ph

s6

-3a(

2)

and

(3).

d.Requiredcrosssectionforanchoredwalls.

Th

e

pil

ese

ctio

nm

ust

pro

vid

eth

em

inim

um

sect

ion

alp

rop

-

erti

esaf

ter

allo

wan

cefo

rlo

sso

fm

ater

ial

du

eto

corr

o-

sio

n,

abra

sio

n,

and

oth

erd

elet

erio

us

effe

cts.

(1)

Mo

men

tre

du

ctio

nfo

ran

cho

red

wal

ls.

Ro

we

(19

52

,1

95

5a

and

b,

19

56

,1

95

7a

and

b)

dem

on

stra

ted

that

the

Fre

eE

arth

met

ho

do

ver

esti

mat

esth

em

axim

um

ben

din

gm

om

ent

inan

cho

red

wal

lsw

ith

ho

rizo

nta

lti

e

rod

s.T

he

red

uce

db

end

ing

mo

men

tfo

rd

esig

nis

giv

en

by

(6-7

)Mdes

Mm

axRm

wh

ere

Mm

ax=

max

imu

mb

end

ing

mo

men

tp

red

icte

db

yth

e

Fre

eE

arth

met

ho

d

Rm

=re

du

ctio

nfa

cto

rd

epen

din

go

nw

all

geo

met

ry,

wal

lfl

exib

ilit

y,

and

fou

nd

atio

nso

il

char

acte

rist

ics

(a)

Mo

men

tre

du

ctio

nfa

cto

rfo

rg

ran

ula

rfo

un

dat

ion

soil

s.W

hen

the

soil

bel

ow

the

dre

dg

eli

ne

isg

ran

ula

r,

the

mag

nit

ud

eo

fth

ere

du

ctio

nfa

cto

rR

mis

afu

nct

ion

of

afl

exib

ilit

yn

um

ber

giv

enb

y

(6-8

H4

/EI

wh

ere

H=

tota

lle

ng

tho

fth

esh

eet

pil

ing

(ft)

E=

mo

du

lus

of

elas

tici

tyo

fth

ep

ile

mat

eria

l(p

si)

I=

mo

men

to

fin

erti

a(i

n4)

per

foo

to

fw

all

Cu

rves

ofR

mar

eg

iven

inF

igu

re6

-4fo

r"l

oo

se"

and

"den

se"

fou

nd

atio

nm

ater

ial

and

sev

eral

syst

em

geo

met

ries

.

6-4

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Mar

94

Fig

ure

3-7

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orr

ela

tio

nb

etw

een

gra

insiz

ean

dth

era

tio

of

co

ne

beari

ng

an

dS

TP

resis

tan

ce

(aft

er

Ro

bert

so

nan

d

Cam

pan

ell

a1983)

3-1

0

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Fig

ure

3-8

.S

oil

cla

ssif

icati

on

fro

mco

ne

pen

etr

om

ete

r(a

fter

Ro

bert

so

nan

dC

am

pan

ell

a1983)

3-1

1

EM

1110-2

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31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

6-3

.A

nch

or

forc

eco

mp

on

en

tsfo

rin

cli

ned

an

ch

ors

to2

.7.

Co

ntr

ol

of

crac

kin

gin

pre

stre

ssed

pil

esis

ach

iev

edb

yli

mit

ing

the

con

cret

eco

mp

ress

ive

and

ten

-

sile

stre

sses

,u

nd

erse

rvic

elo

adco

nd

itio

ns,

toth

efo

l-

low

ing

val

ues

:

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ifo

rmA

xia

lT

ensi

on

0

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din

g(E

xtr

eme

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ers)

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mp

ress

ion

0.4

0f

′ c

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sio

n0

f′ c

=co

mp

ress

ive

stre

ng

tho

fco

ncr

ete

(3)

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rced

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cret

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ein

forc

edco

ncr

ete

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es

shal

lb

ed

esig

ned

inac

cord

ance

wit

hE

M1

11

0-2

-21

04

.

(4)

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min

um

.B

asic

allo

wab

lest

ress

esfo

r

alu

min

um

pil

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ill

be

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less

ero

fth

em

inim

um

yie

ld

stre

ng

thd

ivid

edb

ya

fact

or

of

safe

tyo

f1

.95

or

the

min

imu

mu

ltim

ate

ten

sile

stre

ng

thd

ivid

edb

ya

fact

or

of

safe

tyo

f2

.3.

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dit

ion

alin

form

atio

nca

nb

efo

un

din

the

late

sted

itio

no

fth

eA

lum

inu

mA

sso

ciat

ion

’s

"Sp

ecif

icat

ion

sfo

rA

lum

inu

mS

tru

ctu

res"

(19

76

).

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od

.S

tres

ses

for

wo

od

pil

essh

ou

ldb

ein

acco

rdan

cew

ith

"Th

eN

atio

nal

Des

ign

Sp

ecif

icat

ion

for

Wo

od

Co

nst

ruct

ion

"(N

atio

nal

Fo

rest

Pro

du

cts

Ass

oci

a-

tio

n1

98

6),

dep

end

ing

on

spec

ies

and

gra

de.

(6)

Oth

erm

ater

ials

.S

hee

tp

iles

com

po

sed

of

fib

er-

gla

ss,

vin

yl,

and

PV

Car

eu

sual

lyav

aila

ble

asv

ery

flex

ible

sect

ion

sw

ith

low

mo

men

tca

pac

itie

s.T

hei

r

use

sho

uld

be

lim

ited

tov

ery

low

wal

lh

eig

hts

sub

ject

ed

toli

gh

tlo

ads.

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tio

nal

geo

met

ries

and

mat

eria

lp

rop

-

erti

essh

ou

ldb

esp

ecif

ied

for

each

app

lica

tio

n,

and

con

form

ance

of

the

pil

ing

sho

uld

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ver

ifie

db

ya

qu

ali-

fied

test

ing

lab

ora

tory

.A

sa

min

imu

m,

the

des

ign

er

sho

uld

spec

ify

acce

pta

ble

val

ues

of

the

foll

ow

ing

pro

p-

erti

esd

eter

min

edb

yth

ere

fere

nce

dA

ST

Mst

and

ard

s:

wat

erab

sorp

tio

n(A

ST

MD

57

0(1

98

1))

;te

nsi

lest

ren

gth

(AS

TM

D6

38

(19

89

d))

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exu

ral

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ng

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dm

od

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s

of

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tici

ty(A

ST

MD

79

0(1

98

6b

));

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pre

ssiv

e

stre

ng

th(A

ST

MD

69

5(1

99

0))

;an

db

arco

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ard

nes

s

(AS

TM

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58

3(1

98

7))

.If

aw

all

of

thes

em

ater

ials

is

exp

ecte

dto

be

exp

ose

dto

sun

lig

ht

or

extr

eme

hea

t,th

e

ult

rav

iole

tan

dth

erm

alp

rop

erti

eso

fth

em

ater

ial

sho

uld

be

inv

esti

gat

edan

dad

equ

ate

pro

tect

ion

pro

vid

ed.

b.Materialselection.

Sel

ecti

on

of

the

mat

eria

lfo

r

the

shee

tp

ilin

gsh

ou

ldb

eb

ased

on

eco

no

mic

s,

aest

het

ics,

the

fun

ctio

no

fth

ew

all,

and

the

dif

ficu

lty

of

inst

alla

tio

n.

Lif

ecy

cle

cost

anal

yse

ssh

ou

ldb

ep

er-

form

edfo

rv

ario

us

alte

rnat

ives

tose

lect

the

mo

stv

iab

le

solu

tio

n.

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elis

the

mo

stfr

equ

entl

yu

sed

mat

eria

l

bec

ause

of

its

rela

tiv

ely

hig

hst

ren

gth

-wei

gh

tra

tio

and

its

avai

lab

ilit

yin

av

arie

tyo

fsh

apes

and

size

s.A

lum

i-

nu

mp

ilin

gm

ayb

ead

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tag

eou

sin

aco

rro

siv

een

vir

on

-

men

tw

her

ead

dit

ion

alth

ick

nes

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eel

isre

qu

ired

to

com

pen

sate

for

sect

ion

loss

.

c.Requiredpilecrosssectionforcantileverwalls.

Th

esh

eet

pil

ese

ctio

nm

ust

pro

vid

eth

efo

llo

win

gm

ini-

mu

mse

ctio

nal

pro

per

ties

afte

ral

low

ance

for

po

ssib

le

loss

of

mat

eria

ld

ue

toco

rro

sio

n,

abra

sio

n,

or

oth

er

det

rim

enta

lef

fect

s.

(1)

Can

tile

ver

wal

lso

fm

ater

ials

oth

erth

anco

ncr

ete.

(a)

Fle

xu

re.

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em

inim

um

sect

ion

mo

du

lus

isg

iven

by

(6-3

)S

min

Mm

ax/f b

wh

ere

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in=

sect

ion

mo

du

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per

foo

to

fw

all

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end

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men

tp

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ot

of

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f b=

allo

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leb

end

ing

stre

ssap

pro

pri

ate

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e

mat

eria

lan

dlo

adin

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nd

itio

n

(b)

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ear.

Th

em

inim

um

"sh

ear

area

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giv

enb

y

6-3

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-2504

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Mar

94

Fig

ure

6-1

.P

ressu

res

an

dsu

pp

ort

sfo

rstr

uctu

ral

desig

no

fcan

tile

ver

wall

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ure

6-2

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ressu

res

an

dsu

pp

ort

sfo

rstr

uctu

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all

s

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1110-2

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94

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ap

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nin

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ile

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ise

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ater

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ou

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uen

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art

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ate

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fici

ent,K

,

iso

ften

use

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crib

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isst

ate

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stre

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eea

rth

pre

ssu

reco

effi

cien

tis

def

ined

asth

era

tio

of

ho

rizo

nta

l

stre

sses

toth

ev

erti

cal

stre

sses

atan

yd

epth

bel

ow

the

soil

surf

ace:

(4-1

)K

σh

σv

Ear

thp

ress

ure

sfo

ran

yg

iven

soil

-str

uct

ure

syst

emm

ay

var

yfr

om

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itia

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ate

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max

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mit

stat

ere

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edto

asp

assi

ve,K

P.

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em

agn

itu

de

of

the

eart

hp

ress

ure

exer

ted

on

the

wal

l

dep

end

s,am

on

go

ther

effe

cts,

on

the

ph

ysi

cal

and

stre

ng

thp

rop

erti

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il,

the

inte

ract

ion

atth

e

soil

-str

uct

ure

inte

rfac

e,th

eg

rou

nd

-wat

erco

nd

itio

ns,

and

the

def

orm

atio

ns

of

the

soil

-str

uct

ure

syst

em.

Th

ese

lim

itst

ates

are

det

erm

ined

by

the

shea

rst

ren

gth

of

the

soil

:

(4-2

)τ f

cσnta

wh

ere

τ fan

n=

shea

ran

dn

orm

alst

ress

eso

na

fail

ure

pla

ne

can

=sh

ear

stre

ng

thp

aram

eter

so

fth

eso

il,

coh

esio

n,

and

ang

leo

fin

tern

alfr

icti

on

,

resp

ecti

vel

y(F

igu

re4

-1)

a.At-restpressures.

At-

rest

pre

ssu

rere

fers

toa

stat

eo

fst

ress

wh

ere

ther

eis

no

late

ral

mo

vem

ent

or

stra

inin

the

soil

mas

s.In

this

case

,th

ela

tera

lea

rth

pre

ssu

res

are

the

pre

ssu

res

that

exis

ted

inth

eg

rou

nd

pri

or

toin

stal

lati

on

of

aw

all.

Th

isst

ate

of

stre

ssis

sho

wn

inF

igu

re4

-2as

circ

leO

on

aM

oh

rd

iag

ram

.

b.Activepressures.

Act

ive

soil

pre

ssu

reis

the

min

i-

mu

mp

oss

ible

val

ue

of

ho

rizo

nta

lea

rth

pre

ssu

reat

any

dep

th.

Th

isp

ress

ure

dev

elop

sw

hen

the

wal

lsm

ov

eo

r

rota

teaw

ayfr

om

the

soil

allo

win

gth

eso

ilto

exp

and

ho

rizo

nta

lly

inth

ed

irec

tio

no

fw

all

mo

vem

ent.

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e

stat

eo

fst

ress

resu

ltin

gin

acti

ve

pre

ssu

res

issh

ow

nin

Fig

ure

4-2

asci

rcle

A.

c.Passivepressures.

Pas

siv

e(s

oil

)p

ress

ure

isth

e

max

imu

mp

oss

ible

ho

rizo

nta

lp

ress

ure

that

can

be

dev

el-

op

edat

any

dep

thfr

om

aw

all

mo

vin

go

rro

tati

ng

tow

ard

the

soil

and

ten

din

gto

com

pre

ssth

eso

ilh

ori

-

zon

tall

y.

Th

est

ate

of

stre

ssre

sult

ing

inp

assi

ve

pre

s-

sure

sis

sho

wn

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igu

re4

-2as

circ

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.

d.

Wallmovements

.T

he

amo

un

to

fm

ov

emen

t

req

uir

edto

dev

elop

min

imu

mac

tiv

eo

rm

axim

um

pas

-

siv

eea

rth

pre

ssu

res

dep

end

so

nth

est

iffn

ess

of

the

soil

and

the

hei

gh

to

fth

ew

all.

Fo

rst

iff

soil

sli

ke

den

se

san

ds

or

hea

vil

yo

ver

con

soli

dat

edcl

ays,

the

req

uir

ed

mo

vem

ent

isre

lati

vel

ysm

all.

An

exam

ple

issh

ow

nin

Fig

ure

4-3

wh

ich

ind

icat

esth

ata

mo

vem

ent

of

aw

all

away

fro

mth

efi

llb

y0

.3p

erce

nt

of

the

wal

lh

eig

ht

is

suff

icie

nt

tod

evel

op

min

imu

mp

ress

ure

,w

hil

ea

mo

ve-

men

to

f2

.0p

erce

nt

of

the

wal

lh

eig

ht

tow

ard

the

fill

is

suff

icie

nt

tod

evel

op

the

max

imu

mp

ress

ure

.F

or

all

san

ds

of

med

ium

or

hig

her

den

sity

,it

can

be

assu

med

that

the

mo

vem

ent

req

uir

edto

reac

hth

em

inim

um

acti

ve

eart

hp

ress

ure

isn

om

ore

than

abo

ut

0.4

per

cen

to

fth

e

wal

lh

eig

ht,

or

abo

ut

1in

cho

fm

ov

emen

to

fa

20

-fo

ot-

hig

hw

all.

Th

em

ov

emen

tre

qu

ired

toin

crea

se

the

eart

hp

ress

ure

toit

sm

axim

um

pas

siv

ev

alu

eis

abo

ut

10

tim

esth

atre

qu

ired

for

the

min

imu

m,

abo

ut

4.0

per

cen

to

fth

ew

all

hei

gh

to

rab

ou

t1

0in

ches

of

mo

vem

ent

for

a2

0-f

oo

t-h

igh

wal

l.F

or

loo

sesa

nd

s,th

e

mo

vem

ent

req

uir

edto

reac

hth

em

inim

um

acti

ve

or

the

max

imu

mp

assi

ve

isso

mew

hat

larg

er.

Th

ecl

assi

cal

des

ign

pro

ced

ure

sd

escr

ibed

inth

isch

apte

ras

sum

eth

at

the

shee

tp

ile

wal

lsh

ave

suff

icie

nt

flex

ibil

ity

top

rod

uce

the

lim

itst

ate,

acti

ve

or

pas

siv

eea

rth

pre

ssu

res.

A

met

ho

dto

acco

un

tfo

rin

term

edia

teto

extr

eme

val

ues

of

eart

hp

ress

ure

by

soil

-str

uct

ure

inte

ract

ion

anal

ysi

sis

pre

sen

ted

inC

hap

ter

7.

e.Wallfrictionandadhesion.

Inad

dit

ion

toth

e

ho

rizo

nta

lm

oti

on

,re

lati

ve

ver

tica

lm

oti

on

alo

ng

the

wal

lso

ilin

terf

ace

may

resu

ltin

ver

tica

lsh

eari

ng

4-1

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Fig

ure

4-1

.S

hear

str

en

gth

para

mete

rs

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ure

4-2

.D

efi

nit

ion

of

acti

ve

an

dp

assiv

eeart

hp

ressu

res

4-2

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94

Ch

ap

ter

6S

tru

ctu

ral

Desig

n

6-1

.F

orc

es

for

Desig

n

Des

ign

pen

etra

tio

no

fth

ep

ilin

gis

bas

edo

na

fact

or

of

safe

tyfo

rst

abil

ity

app

lied

toso

ilst

ren

gth

s.T

oav

oid

com

po

un

din

gfa

cto

rso

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fety

,th

esh

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pil

ing

and

wal

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ed

esig

ned

tore

sist

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esp

rod

uce

db

yso

il

pre

ssu

res

calc

ula

ted

usi

ng

afa

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ro

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fety

of

1fo

r

bo

thac

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ean

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ve

pre

ssu

res.

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nse

qu

entl

y,

the

anal

yse

sfo

rso

ilp

ress

ure

s(C

hap

ter

4)

and

syst

emst

a-

bil

ity

(Ch

apte

r5

)m

ust

be

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eate

dw

ith

full

soil

stre

ng

thp

rop

erti

esin

clu

din

gco

nsi

der

atio

no

fu

sual

,

un

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and

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eme

load

ing

con

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ion

s.T

he

size

so

f

the

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tp

ilin

gan

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ales

are

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ined

fro

mth

en

et

pre

ssu

red

istr

ibu

tio

ns,

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tho

fp

enet

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on

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ed

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ctu

ral

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rts

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rate

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ure

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d6

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a.Cantileverwall

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ing

mo

men

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calc

ula

ted

un

der

the

assu

mp

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ure

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atio

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-

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ith

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all

atth

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on

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fact

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late

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po

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rizo

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tal

com

po

nen

to

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cho

rfo

rce.

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e.W

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e

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alle

dp

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icu

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ep

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all,

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ign

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rod

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ew

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ral

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n

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igu

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ined

,F

igu

res

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om

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/co

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)

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lect

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agra

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ot

of

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a.Materialsandallowablestressesforsheetpiling.

(1)

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All

ow

able

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sses

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stee

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for

usu

allo

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nd

itio

ns

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ben

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usu

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sses

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33

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or

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eme

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low

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stre

sses

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stre

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cret

ep

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gth

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ity

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ign

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ow

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ng

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Fig

ure

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ute

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1110-2

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31

Mar

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fect

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for

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uat

ion

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pre

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ased

on

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assu

mp

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ure

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ne

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elop

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dal

on

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orm

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ted

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ese

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sult

in

4-3

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94

val

ues

of

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pre

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e

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1

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(5-6

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the

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ldst

ren

gth

of

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tie

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stb

ev

erif

ied

by

pro

of

test

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ylo

adin

gto

11

0p

erce

nt

of

thei

rre

qu

ired

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stan

ce.

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leas

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o

anch

ors

sho

uld

be

sub

ject

edto

per

form

ance

test

sb

y

load

ing

to1

50

per

cen

to

fth

eir

des

ign

cap

acit

y.

(5)

Pil

ean

cho

rs.

Cap

acit

ies

of

anch

ors

com

po

sed

of

ten

sio

np

iles

or

pil

eg

roup

s,F

igu

re2

-2,

sho

uld

be

eval

u-

ated

by

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pro

ced

ure

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tfo

rth

inE

M1

11

0-2

-29

06

.

5-1

0

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

c.Wedgemethodsforsoilpressures.

Th

eco

effi

-

cien

tm

eth

od

do

esn

ot

acco

un

tfo

rth

eef

fect

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op

ing

gro

un

dsu

rfac

e,sl

op

ing

soil

lay

erb

ou

nd

arie

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rth

e

pre

sen

ceo

fw

all/

soil

adh

esio

n.

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enan

yth

ese

effe

cts

are

pre

sen

t,th

eso

ilp

ress

ure

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eca

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late

db

ya

nu

mer

ical

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ced

ure

,a

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ge

met

ho

d,

bas

edo

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e

fun

dam

enta

las

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pti

on

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ou

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eory

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ctic

alev

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atio

no

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ilp

ress

ure

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ew

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e

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ute

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ral

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ssu

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eth

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fect

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ges

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ther

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au

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edfr

om

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city

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tio

ns

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ted

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llo

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a.Uniform

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nif

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har

ge

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med

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eap

pli

edat

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ints

on

the

soil

surf

ace.

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eef

fect

of

the

un

ifo

rmsu

rch

arg

eis

toin

crea

seth

e

effe

ctiv

ev

erti

cal

soil

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uat

ion

s4

-7an

d

4-8

,b

yan

amo

un

teq

ual

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em

agn

itu

de

of

the

surc

har

ge.

b.Stripsloads.

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rip

load

isco

nti

nu

ou

sp

aral

lel

toth

elo

ng

itu

din

alax

iso

fth

ew

all

bu

tis

of

fin

ite

exte

nt

per

pen

dic

ula

rto

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wal

las

illu

stra

ted

inF

igu

re4

-5.

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ead

dit

ion

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ress

ure

on

the

wal

lis

giv

enb

yth

e

equ

atio

ns

inF

igu

re4

-5.

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yn

egat

ive

pre

ssu

res

cal-

cula

ted

for

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ps

load

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eto

be

ign

ore

d.

c.Lineloads.

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nti

nu

ou

slo

adp

aral

lel

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e

wal

lb

ut

of

nar

row

dim

ensi

on

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pen

dic

ula

rto

the

wal

l

may

be

trea

ted

asa

lin

elo

adas

sho

wn

inF

igu

re4

-6.

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ela

tera

lp

ress

ure

on

the

wal

lis

giv

enb

yth

eeq

uat

ion

inF

igu

re4

-6.

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mp

load

,F

igu

re4

-7,

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ease

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lin

earl

yfr

om

zero

toa

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mw

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qu

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y

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ain

su

nif

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away

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mth

ew

all.

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era

mp

load

is

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med

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eco

nti

nu

ou

sp

aral

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toth

ew

all.

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e

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atio

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atio

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ure

4-4

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ure

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ure

4-6

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load

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ure

4-7

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am

plo

ad

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94

Fig

ure

4-8

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rian

gu

lar

load

e.Triangularloads.

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ian

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ies

per

-

pen

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ula

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med

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nu

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sp

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e

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atio

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rch

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ed

istr

ibu

ted

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era

lim

-

ited

area

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oth

par

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dp

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lar

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ew

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ted

asan

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he

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ral

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uce

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ula

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ral

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eto

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ary

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ow

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dsu

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ith

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ld

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nce

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the

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np

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cuss

ed

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seq

uen

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are

bas

edo

na

typ

ical

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itsl

ice

of

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wal

l/so

ilsy

stem

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may

be

nec

essa

ryto

con

sid

erse

ver

al

slic

esin

the

vic

init

yo

fth

ear

ealo

ad.

g.Pointloads.

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rch

arg

elo

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ibu

ted

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era

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lar

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etr

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das

ap

oin

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equ

atio

ns

for

eval

uat

ing

late

ral

pre

ssu

res

are

giv

enin

Fig

ure

4-9

.

Bec

ause

the

pre

ssu

res

var

yh

ori

zon

tall

yp

aral

lel

toth

e

wal

l;it

may

be

nec

essa

ryto

con

sid

erse

ver

alu

nit

slic

es

of

the

wal

l/so

ilsy

stem

for

des

ign

.

4-5

.W

ate

rL

oad

s

a.Hydrostaticpressure

.A

dif

fere

nce

inw

ater

lev

el

on

eith

ersi

de

of

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wal

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unb

alan

ced

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dro

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ure

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ater

pre

ssu

res

are

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ula

ted

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ltip

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gth

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ater

dep

thb

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ht.

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no

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hy

dro

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nd

itio

nis

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med

,i.

e.se

epag

e

effe

cts

neg

lect

ed,

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unb

alan

ced

hy

dro

stat

icp

ress

ure

is

assu

med

toac

tal

on

gth

een

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dep

tho

fem

bed

men

t.

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erp

ress

ure

mu

stb

ead

ded

toth

eef

fect

ive

soil

pre

s-

sure

sto

ob

tain

tota

lp

ress

ure

s.

b.Seepageeffects.

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ere

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age

occ

urs

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ed

if-

fere

nti

alw

ater

pre

ssu

reis

dis

sip

ated

by

ver

tica

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ow

ben

eath

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shee

tp

ile

wal

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his

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trib

uti

on

of

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unb

alan

ced

wat

erp

ress

ure

can

be

ob

tain

edfr

om

a

seep

age

anal

ysi

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he

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ysi

ssh

ou

ldco

nsi

der

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per

mea

bil

ity

of

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surr

ou

nd

ing

soil

sas

wel

las

the

effe

ctiv

enes

so

fan

yd

rain

sif

pre

sen

t.T

ech

niq

ues

of

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age

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ysi

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pli

cab

leto

shee

tp

ile

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ld

esig

n

incl

ud

efl

ow

net

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ne

of

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pm

eth

od

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dm

eth

od

of

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men

ts.

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ese

sim

pli

fied

tech

niq

ues

may

or

may

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t

yie

ldco

nse

rvat

ive

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lts.

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ore

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ed

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ner

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resp

on

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ilit

yto

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ide

wh

eth

erth

efi

nal

des

ign

sho

uld

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bas

edo

na

mo

reri

go

rou

san

aly

sis,

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asth

efi

nit

e

elem

ent

met

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d.

Up

war

dse

epag

ein

fro

nt

of

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shee

t

pil

ew

all

ten

ds

tore

du

ceth

eef

fect

ive

wei

gh

to

fth

eso

il,

thu

sre

du

cin

git

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ilit

yto

off

erla

tera

lsu

pp

ort

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pre

vio

us

mat

eria

lth

eef

fect

so

fup

war

dse

epag

eca

n

cau

sep

ipin

go

fm

ater

ial

away

fro

mth

ew

all

or,

in

extr

eme

case

s,ca

use

the

soil

toli

qu

efy

.L

eng

then

ing

the

shee

tp

ile,

thu

sin

crea

sin

gth

ese

epag

ep

ath

,is

on

e

effe

ctiv

em

eth

od

of

acco

mm

od

atin

gse

epag

e.F

or

shee

t

pil

ew

alls

that

reta

inb

ack

fill

,a

dra

inag

eco

llec

tor

sys-

tem

isre

com

men

ded

.S

om

em

eth

od

so

fse

epag

ean

aly

-

sis

are

dis

cuss

edin

EM

11

10

-2-1

90

1.

c.Waveaction.

Th

ela

tera

lfo

rces

pro

du

ced

by

wav

eac

tio

nar

ed

epen

den

to

nm

any

fact

ors

,su

chas

len

gth

,h

eig

ht,

bre

akin

gp

oin

t,fr

equ

ency

and

dep

that

stru

ctu

re.

Wav

efo

rces

for

ara

ng

eo

fp

oss

ible

wat

er

lev

els

sho

uld

be

det

erm

ined

inac

cord

ance

wit

hth

e

U.S

.A

rmy

Co

asta

lE

ng

inee

rin

gR

esea

rch

Cen

ter

Sh

ore

Pro

tect

ion

Man

ual

(US

AE

WE

S1

98

4).

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.A

dd

itio

nal

Ap

pli

ed

Lo

ad

s

Sh

eet

Pil

ew

alls

are

wid

ely

use

din

man

yap

pli

cati

on

s

and

can

be

sub

ject

edto

an

um

ber

of

add

itio

nal

load

s,

oth

erth

anla

tera

lp

ress

ure

exer

ted

by

soil

and

wat

er.

a.Boatimpact

.A

lth

ou

gh

itb

eco

mes

imp

ract

ical

to

des

ign

ash

eet

pil

ew

all

for

imp

act

by

larg

ev

esse

ls,

wat

erfr

on

tst

ruct

ure

sca

nb

est

ruck

by

loo

seb

arg

eso

r

smal

ler

ves

sels

pro

pel

led

by

win

ds

or

curr

ents

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on

-

stru

ctio

no

fa

sub

mer

ged

ber

mth

atw

ou

ldg

rou

nd

a

ves

sel

wil

lg

reat

lyre

du

ceth

isp

oss

ibil

ity

of

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act.

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enth

esh

eet

pil

est

ruct

ure

issu

bje

ctto

do

ckin

g

imp

act,

afe

nd

ersy

stem

sho

uld

be

pro

vid

edto

abso

rb

4-6

EM

1110-2

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Mar

94

Fig

ure

5-8

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inim

um

an

ch

or

-w

all

sp

acin

gfo

rfu

llp

assiv

ean

ch

or

resis

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ce

inh

om

og

en

eo

us

so

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ure

5-9

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esis

tan

ce

of

co

nti

nu

ou

san

ch

or

wall

5-9

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Fig

ure

5-7

.D

esig

np

ressu

red

istr

ibu

tio

nfo

rfr

ee

eart

hd

esig

no

fan

ch

ore

dw

all

s

(5-3

)Ca

PP

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wh

ere

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=an

cho

rw

all

cap

acit

yp

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ot

of

anch

or

wal

l

PP

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sult

ant

of

the

pas

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ep

ress

ure

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fro

nt

of

the

anch

or

wal

l

PA

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sult

ant

of

the

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ve

pre

ssu

res

inb

ack

of

the

anch

or

wal

l

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rh

om

og

eneo

us

soil

sw

ith

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ase

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ng

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γH2KP/2

and

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stre

ng

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EM

1110-2

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31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

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tlo

ad

(aft

er

Terz

ag

hi

1954)

4-7

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and

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adth

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on

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he

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uir

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ased

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he

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cati

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all

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ore

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den

to

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ape

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the

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ses

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exp

ansi

on

up

on

free

zin

g.

Exp

ansi

ve

late

ral

pre

ssu

res

ind

uce

db

y

wat

erfr

eezi

ng

inth

eb

ack

fill

can

be

avo

ided

by

bac

k-

fill

ing

wit

ha

clea

nfr

ee-d

rain

ing

san

do

rg

rav

elo

r

inst

alla

tio

no

fa

dra

inag

eco

llec

tor

syst

em.

EM

11

10

-2-

16

12

sho

uld

be

refe

ren

ces

wh

enth

ed

esig

nis

toin

clu

de

ice

forc

es.

d.Windforces.

Wh

ensh

eet

pil

ew

alls

are

con

-

stru

cted

inex

po

sed

area

s,w

ind

forc

essh

ou

ldb

e

con

sid

ered

du

rin

gco

nst

ruct

ion

and

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

life

of

the

stru

ctu

re.

Fo

rsh

eet

pil

ew

alls

wit

hup

to2

0fe

et

of

exp

osu

rean

dsu

bje

cted

toh

urr

ican

eso

rcy

clo

nes

wit

h

bas

icw

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ssp

eed

so

fup

to1

00

mp

h,

a5

0-p

ou

nd

per

squ

are

foo

t(p

sf)

des

ign

load

isad

equ

ate.

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der

no

rmal

circ

um

stan

ces,

for

the

sam

eh

eig

ht

of

wal

lex

po

sure

,a

30

-psf

des

ign

load

sho

uld

be

suff

icie

nt.

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rm

ore

sev

er

con

dit

ion

s,w

ind

load

sho

uld

be

com

pu

ted

inac

cord

ance

wit

hA

mer

ican

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ion

alS

tan

dar

ds

Inst

itu

te(A

NS

I)

A5

8.1

(AN

SI

19

82

).

e.Earthquakeforces.

Ear

thq

uak

efo

rces

sho

uld

be

con

sid

ered

inzo

nes

of

seis

mic

acti

vit

y.

Th

eea

rth

pre

s-

sure

ssh

ou

ldb

ed

eter

min

edin

acco

rdan

cew

ith

pro

ce-

du

res

ou

tlin

edin

EM

11

10

-2-2

50

2an

dp

rese

nte

din

det

ail

inth

eE

bel

ing

and

Mo

rris

on

rep

ort

on

seis

mic

des

ign

of

wat

erfr

on

tre

tain

ing

stru

ctu

res

(Eb

elin

gan

d

Mo

rris

on

19

92

).In

the

wo

rst

case

,th

esu

pp

ort

ing

soil

may

liq

uif

yal

low

ing

the

un

sup

po

rted

wal

lto

fail

.T

his

po

ssib

ilit

ysh

ou

ldb

eev

alu

ated

and

add

ress

edin

the

des

ign

do

cum

enta

tio

n.

Ifac

cep

tin

gth

eri

skan

dco

nse

-

qu

ence

so

fa

liq

uef

acti

on

fail

ure

isu

nac

cep

tab

le,

con

sid

-

erat

ion

sho

uld

be

giv

ento

rep

laci

ng

or

imp

rov

ing

the

liq

uef

iab

lem

ater

ial

or

bet

ter

yet

,re

loca

tin

gth

ew

all.

4-8

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

5-6

.D

esig

np

ressu

red

istr

ibu

tio

nfo

rcan

tile

ver

wall

(1)

Co

nti

nu

ou

san

cho

rs.

Aco

nti

nu

ou

san

cho

rco

n-

sist

so

fa

shee

tp

ile

or

con

cret

ew

all

inst

alle

dp

aral

lel

to

the

reta

inin

gw

all

asil

lust

rate

din

Fig

ure

s2

-2a

and

2-2

b.

Th

eco

nti

nu

ou

san

cho

rd

eriv

esit

sre

sist

ance

fro

md

iffe

r-

enti

alp

assi

ve

and

acti

ve

pre

ssu

res

pro

du

ced

by

inte

rac-

tio

nw

ith

the

surr

ou

nd

ing

soil

.

(a)

An

cho

rlo

cati

on

.T

he

min

imu

md

ista

nce

fro

m

the

reta

inin

gw

all

atw

hic

han

anch

or

wal

lm

ust

be

pla

ced

tod

evel

op

its

full

cap

acit

yis

illu

stra

ted

inF

ig-

ure

5-8

for

ah

om

og

eneo

us

soil

syst

em.

Un

der

the

assu

mp

tio

ns

emp

loy

edin

the

stab

ilit

yan

aly

sis

of

the

reta

inin

gw

all,

azo

ne

of

soil

(bo

un

ded

by

lin

eab

in

Fig

ure

5-8

)b

ehin

dth

ere

tain

ing

wal

lis

atit

sli

mit

ing

acti

ve

stat

e.T

op

erm

itd

evel

op

men

to

fp

assi

ve

pre

s-

sure

s,an

add

itio

nal

zon

eo

fso

il(b

ou

nd

edb

yli

ne

bc

in

Fig

ure

5-8

)m

ust

be

avai

lab

le.

Inad

dit

ion

,if

the

anch

or

wal

lin

ters

ects

the

lin

eac

inF

igu

re5

-8,

inte

ract

ion

bet

wee

nth

ean

cho

rw

all

and

the

reta

inin

gw

all

may

incr

ease

the

soil

pre

ssu

res

on

the

reta

inin

gw

all,

thu

s

inv

alid

atin

gth

ep

rev

iou

sst

abil

ity

anal

ysi

s.F

or

no

n-

ho

mo

gen

eou

sso

ilsy

stem

s,th

eb

ou

nd

arie

sd

efin

ing

min

imu

msp

acin

go

fth

ean

cho

rw

all

may

be

esti

mat

ed

by

the

pro

ced

ure

su

sed

inth

e"F

ixed

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rfac

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e

met

ho

dd

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r’s

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ide

(US

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WE

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Fu

llan

cho

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pac

ity

.A

ctiv

ean

dp

assi

ve

pre

s-

sure

sd

evel

op

edo

nth

ean

cho

rw

all

are

sho

wn

inF

ig-

ure

5-9

for

ah

om

og

eneo

us

soil

syst

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her

eh/H

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to1

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eng

(19

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)an

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.T

he

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acit

y

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anch

or

wal

lis

giv

enb

y

5-7

Page 36: Design of Sheet Pile Walls US Army

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

5-5

.T

yp

ical

net

pre

ssu

red

istr

ibu

tio

ns

and

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sifi

edas

the

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eE

arth

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eth

od

(im

pli

edin

Fig

ure

5-2

b)

and

var

iati

on

so

fth

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ixed

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hyp

oth

-

esis

.R

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and

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erth

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Fre

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Fre

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ng

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ter

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ean

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ris

assu

med

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ea

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idsi

mp

lesu

pp

ort

abo

ut

wh

ich

the

wal

lro

tate

sas

ari

gid

bo

dy

assh

ow

nin

Fig

ure

5-2

b.

Des

pit

eth

ete

nd

ency

of

the

wal

lto

pro

du

cea

pas

siv

e

con

dit

ion

inth

ere

tain

edso

ilab

ov

eth

ean

cho

r,it

is

assu

med

that

the

wal

lis

on

lysu

bje

cted

toth

en

etac

tiv

e

pre

ssu

red

istr

ibu

tio

nas

illu

stra

ted

inF

igu

re5

-7.

Th

e

req

uir

edd

epth

of

pen

etra

tio

n(d

inF

igu

re5

-7)

isd

eter

-

min

edfr

om

the

equ

ilib

riu

mre

qu

irem

ent

that

the

sum

of

mo

men

tsab

ou

tth

ean

cho

rm

ust

be

zero

.A

fter

the

dep

tho

fp

enet

rati

on

has

bee

nd

eter

min

ed,

the

anch

or

forc

eis

ob

tain

edfr

om

equ

ilib

riu

mo

fh

ori

zon

tal

forc

es.

Bec

ause

the

po

siti

on

of

the

anch

or

affe

cts

bo

thd

epth

of

pen

etra

tio

nan

dan

cho

rfo

rce,

itw

ill

be

nec

essa

ryto

con

sid

erse

ver

alan

cho

rp

osi

tio

ns

toar

riv

eat

the

op

tim

al

com

bin

atio

n.

Fo

ran

init

ial

esti

mat

e,th

ean

cho

rm

ayb

e

assu

med

toli

eat

ad

ista

nce

bel

ow

the

top

of

the

wal

l

equ

alto

on

e-fo

urt

hto

on

e-th

ird

of

the

exp

ose

dw

all

hei

gh

t.

h.Anchordesign.

Th

ean

cho

rfo

rce

calc

ula

ted

in

the

stab

ilit

yan

aly

sis

was

ob

tain

edfr

om

equ

ilib

riu

mo

fa

typ

ical

1-f

oo

tsl

ice

of

the

wal

l.In

the

actu

alsy

stem

the

anch

or

sup

po

rtis

pro

vid

edb

yd

iscr

ete

tie

rod

sat

tach

ed

toth

ew

all

thro

ug

hw

ales

and

toan

oth

ersu

pp

ort

mec

han

ism

(ter

med

the

"an

cho

r"h

erei

n)

atth

eir

end

s

and

rem

ote

fro

mth

ew

all.

Str

uct

ura

ld

esig

no

fth

eti

e

rod

san

dw

ales

isd

iscu

ssed

inC

hap

ter

6.

Av

arie

tyo

f

anch

or

con

fig

ura

tio

ns

are

illu

stra

ted

inF

igu

re2

-2.

Cap

acit

ies

of

som

ean

cho

rco

nfi

gu

rati

on

sar

ed

iscu

ssed

inth

efo

llo

win

gp

arag

rap

hs.

Th

eso

ilst

ren

gth

par

amet

ers

app

eari

ng

inth

eeq

uat

ion

sas

soci

ated

wit

h

anch

or

des

ign

sho

uld

be

con

sist

ent

wit

hth

ep

rop

erti

es

(S-c

ase

or

Q-c

ase)

use

dfo

rst

abil

ity

des

ign

.In

all

case

s

the

cap

acit

yo

fth

ean

cho

rsh

ou

ldb

esu

ffic

ien

tto

dev

elop

the

yie

ldst

ren

gth

of

the

tie

rod

s(C

hap

ter

6).

5-6

EM

1110-2

-2504

31

Mar

94

Ch

ap

ter

5S

yste

mS

tab

ilit

y

5-1

.M

od

es

of

Fail

ure

Th

elo

ads

exer

ted

on

wal

l/so

ilsy

stem

ten

dto

pro

du

cea

var

iety

of

po

ten

tial

fail

ure

mo

des

.T

hes

efa

ilu

rem

od

es,

the

eval

uat

ion

of

the

load

so

nth

esy

stem

,an

dse

lect

ion

of

cert

ain

syst

emp

aram

eter

sto

pre

ven

tfa

ilu

rear

ed

is-

cuss

edin

this

chap

ter.

a.Deep-seatedfailure

.A

po

ten

tial

rota

tio

nal

fail

-

ure

of

anen

tire

soil

mas

sco

nta

inin

gan

anch

ore

do

r

can

tile

ver

wal

lis

illu

stra

ted

inF

igu

re5

-1.

Th

isp

ote

n-

tial

fail

ure

isin

dep

end

ent

of

the

stru

ctu

ral

char

acte

rist

ics

of

the

wal

lan

d/o

ran

cho

r.T

he

adeq

uac

yo

fth

esy

stem

(i.e

.fa

cto

ro

fsa

fety

)ag

ain

stth

ism

od

eo

ffa

ilu

resh

ou

ld

be

asse

ssed

by

the

geo

tech

nic

alen

gin

eer

thro

ug

hco

n-

ven

tial

anal

yse

sfo

rsl

op

est

abil

ity

(EM

11

10

-2-1

90

2).

Th

isty

pe

of

fail

ure

can

no

tb

ere

med

ied

by

incr

easi

ng

the

dep

tho

fp

enet

rati

on

no

rb

yre

po

siti

on

ing

the

anch

or.

Th

eo

nly

reco

urs

ew

hen

this

typ

eo

ffa

ilu

reis

anti

ci-

pat

edis

toch

ang

eth

eg

eom

etry

of

reta

ined

mat

eria

lo

r

imp

rov

eth

eso

ilst

ren

gth

s.

b.Rotationalfailureduetoinadequatepilepene-

tration.

Lat

eral

soil

and

/or

wat

erp

ress

ure

sex

erte

do

n

the

wal

lte

nd

toca

use

rig

idb

od

yro

tati

on

of

aca

nti

lev

er

or

anch

ore

dw

all

asil

lust

rate

din

Fig

ure

5-2

.T

his

typ

e

of

fail

ure

isp

rev

ente

db

yad

equ

ate

pen

etra

tio

no

fth

e

pil

ing

ina

can

tile

ver

wal

lo

rb

ya

pro

per

com

bin

atio

no

f

pen

etra

tio

nan

dan

cho

rp

osi

tio

nfo

ran

anch

ore

dw

all.

c.Otherfailuremodes

.F

ailu

reo

fth

esy

stem

may

be

init

iate

db

yo

ver

stre

ssin

go

fth

esh

eet

pil

ing

and

/or

anch

or

com

po

nen

tsas

illu

stra

ted

inF

igu

res

5-3

and

5-4

.

Des

ign

of

the

anch

ora

ge

top

recl

ud

eth

efa

ilu

red

epic

ted

inF

igu

re5

-4a

isd

iscu

ssed

late

rin

this

chap

ter.

Des

ign

of

the

stru

ctu

ral

com

po

nen

tso

fth

esy

stem

isd

iscu

ssed

inC

hap

ter

6.

5-2

.D

esig

nfo

rR

ota

tio

nal

Sta

bil

ity

a.Assumptions.

Ro

tati

on

alst

abil

ity

of

aca

nti

lev

er

wal

lis

go

ver

ned

by

the

dep

tho

fp

enet

rati

on

of

the

pil

ing

or

by

aco

mb

inat

ion

of

pen

etra

tio

nan

dan

cho

r

po

siti

on

for

anan

cho

red

wal

l.B

ecau

seo

fth

eco

mp

lex

-

ity

of

beh

avio

ro

fth

ew

all/

soil

syst

em,

an

um

ber

of

sim

pli

fyin

gas

sum

pti

on

sar

eem

plo

yed

inth

ecl

assi

cal

des

ign

tech

niq

ues

.F

ore

mo

sto

fth

ese

assu

mp

tio

ns

is

that

the

def

orm

atio

ns

of

the

syst

emar

esu

ffic

ien

tto

pro

du

celi

mit

ing

acti

ve

and

pas

siv

eea

rth

pre

ssu

res

at

any

po

int

on

the

wal

l/so

ilin

terf

ace.

Inth

ed

esig

no

fth

e

anch

ore

dw

all,

the

anch

or

isas

sum

edto

pre

ven

tan

y

late

ral

mo

tio

nat

the

anch

or

elev

atio

n.

Oth

eras

sum

p-

tio

ns

are

dis

cuss

edin

the

foll

ow

ing

par

agra

ph

s.

b.Preliminary

data

.T

he

foll

ow

ing

pre

lim

inar

y

info

rmat

ion

mu

stb

ees

tab

lish

edb

efo

red

esig

no

fth

e

syst

emca

nco

mm

ence

.

(1)

Ele

vat

ion

atth

eto

po

fth

esh

eet

pil

ing

.

(2)

Th

eg

rou

nd

surf

ace

pro

file

exte

nd

ing

toa

min

i-

mu

md

ista

nce

of

10

tim

esth

eex

po

sed

hei

gh

to

fth

e

wal

lo

nei

ther

sid

e.

(3)

Th

eso

ilp

rofi

leo

nea

chsi

de

of

the

wal

lin

clu

d-

ing

loca

tio

nan

dsl

op

eo

fsu

bsu

rfac

ela

yer

bo

un

dar

ies,

stre

ng

thp

aram

eter

s(a

ng

leo

fin

tern

alfr

icti

on

φ,

coh

esiv

est

ren

gth

c,an

gle

of

wal

lfr

icti

on

δ,

and

wal

l/so

ilad

hes

ion

)an

du

nit

wei

gh

tfo

rea

chla

yer

toa

dep

thb

elo

wth

ed

red

ge

lin

en

ot

less

than

fiv

eti

mes

the

exp

ose

dh

eig

ht

of

the

wal

lo

nea

chsi

de.

(4)

Wat

erel

evat

ion

on

each

sid

eo

fth

ew

all

and

seep

age

char

acte

rist

ics.

(5)

Mag

nit

ud

esan

dlo

cati

on

so

fsu

rfac

esu

rch

arg

e

load

s.

(6)

Mag

nit

ud

esan

dlo

cati

on

so

fex

tern

allo

ads

app

lied

dir

ectl

yto

the

wal

l.

c.Loadcases.

Th

elo

ads

app

lied

toa

wal

lfl

uct

uat

e

du

rin

git

sse

rvic

eli

fe.

Co

nse

qu

entl

y,

sev

eral

load

ing

con

dit

ion

sm

ust

be

def

ined

wit

hin

the

con

tex

to

fth

e

pri

mar

yfu

nct

ion

of

the

wal

l.A

sa

min

imu

m,

aco

op

er-

ativ

eef

fort

amo

ng

stru

ctu

ral,

geo

tech

nic

al,

and

hy

dra

u-

lic

eng

inee

rssh

ou

ldid

enti

fyth

elo

adca

ses

ou

tlin

edto

be

con

sid

ered

inth

ed

esig

n.

(1)

Usu

alco

nd

itio

ns.

Th

elo

ads

asso

ciat

edw

ith

this

con

dit

ion

are

tho

sem

ost

freq

uen

tly

exp

erie

nce

db

yth

e

syst

emin

per

form

ing

its

pri

mar

yfu

nct

ion

thro

ug

ho

ut

its

serv

ice

life

.T

he

load

sm

ayb

eo

fa

lon

g-t

erm

sust

ain

ed

nat

ure

or

of

anin

term

itte

nt,

bu

tre

pet

itiv

e,n

atu

re.

Th

e

fun

dam

enta

ld

esig

no

fth

esy

stem

sho

uld

be

op

tim

ized

for

thes

elo

ads.

Co

nse

rvat

ive

fact

ors

of

safe

tysh

ou

ld

be

emp

loy

edfo

rth

isco

nd

itio

n.

(2)

Un

usu

alco

nd

itio

ns.

Co

nst

ruct

ion

and

/or

mai

n-

ten

ance

op

erat

ion

sm

ayp

rod

uce

load

so

fin

freq

uen

t

occ

urr

ence

and

are

sho

rtd

ura

tio

nw

hic

hex

ceed

tho

seo

f

the

usu

alco

nd

itio

n.

Wh

erev

erp

oss

ible

,th

ese

qu

ence

of

op

erat

ion

ssh

ou

ldb

esp

ecif

ied

toli

mit

the

mag

nit

ud

es

5-1

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Mar

94

Fig

ure

5-1

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eep

-seate

dfa

ilu

re

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ure

5-2

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ota

tio

nal

fail

ure

du

eto

inad

eq

uate

pen

etr

ati

on

5-2

EM

1110-2

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31

Mar

94

Min

imu

mre

com

men

ded

val

ues

of

FS

Par

eg

iven

in

Tab

le5

-1.

Afa

cto

ro

fsa

fety

FS

Am

ayb

eap

pli

edfo

r

acti

ve

pre

ssu

res,

ho

wev

erit

isco

nsi

der

edsu

ffic

ien

tto

use

anF

SA

=1

inm

ost

case

su

nle

ssd

efo

rmat

ion

so

f

the

wal

lar

ere

stri

cted

.

Tab

le5-1

Min

imu

mS

afe

tyF

acto

rsfo

rD

ete

rmin

ing

the

Dep

th

of

Pen

etr

ati

on

Ap

pli

ed

toth

eP

assiv

eP

ressu

res

LoadingCase

Fine-GrainSoils

Free-DrainingSoils

Floodwalls

Usual

1.50Q-Case

1.50S-Case

1.10S-Case

Unusual

1.25Q-Case

1.25S-Case

1.10S-Case

Extreme

1.10Q-Case

1.10S-Case

1.10S-Case

RetainingWalls

Usual

2.00Q-Case

1.50S-Case

1.50S-Case

Unusual

1.75Q-Case

1.25S-Case

1.25S-Case

Extreme

1.50Q-Case

1.10S-Case

1.10S-Case

e.Netpressuredistributions.

Ev

alu

atio

ns

of

the

pre

ssu

res

by

the

pro

cess

esd

escr

ibed

inC

hap

ter

4re

sult

ina

nu

mb

ero

fp

ress

ure

dis

trib

uti

on

s.

(1)

Act

ive

soil

pre

ssu

res

du

eto

reta

ined

sid

eso

il.

(2)

Pas

siv

eso

ilp

ress

ure

sd

ue

tore

tain

edsi

de

soil

.

(3)

Pre

ssu

res

du

eto

surc

har

ge

load

so

nre

tain

ed

sid

esu

rfac

e.(E

ffec

tso

fsu

rch

arg

elo

ads

are

incl

ud

edin

the

soil

pre

ssu

res

wh

ena

wed

ge

met

ho

dis

use

d.)

(4)

Act

ive

soil

pre

ssu

res

du

eto

dre

dg

esi

de

soil

.

(5)

Pas

siv

eso

ilp

ress

ure

sd

ue

tod

red

ge

sid

eso

il.

(6)

Pre

ssu

res

du

eto

surc

har

ge

load

so

nd

red

ge

sid

e

surf

ace.

(7)

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wat

erp

ress

ure

sd

ue

tod

iffe

ren

tial

hea

d.

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rco

nv

enie

nce

inca

lcu

lati

on

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rst

abil

ity

,th

e

ind

ivid

ual

dis

trib

uti

on

sar

eco

mb

ined

into

"net

"p

ress

ure

dis

trib

uti

on

sac

cord

ing

to:

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TA

CT

IVE

"P

RE

SS

UR

E=

reta

ined

sid

eac

tiv

e

soil

pre

ssu

re

-d

red

ge

sid

ep

assi

ve

soil

pre

ssu

re

+n

etw

ater

pre

ssu

re

(+p

ress

ure

du

eto

reta

ined

sid

esu

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e)

(-p

ress

ure

du

eto

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dg

e

sid

esu

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e)

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TP

AS

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ES

SU

RE

=re

tain

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de

pas

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e

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pre

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red

ge

sid

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tiv

eso

il

pre

ssu

re

+n

etw

ater

pre

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re

(+p

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ure

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ined

sid

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rch

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e)

(-p

ress

ure

du

eto

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dg

e

sid

esu

rch

arg

e)

Inth

ese

def

init

ion

so

fn

etp

ress

ure

dis

trib

uti

on

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osi

tiv

e

pre

ssu

res

ten

dto

mo

ve

the

wal

lto

war

dth

ed

red

ge

sid

e.

Typ

ical

net

pre

ssu

red

iag

ram

sar

eil

lust

rate

din

Fig

ure

5-5

.

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Itis

assu

med

that

aca

nti

lev

erw

all

rota

tes

asa

rig

idb

od

yab

ou

tso

me

po

int

init

sem

bed

ded

len

gth

asil

lust

rate

din

Fig

-

ure

5-2

a.T

his

assu

mp

tio

nim

pli

esth

atth

ew

all

is

sub

ject

edto

the

net

acti

ve

pre

ssu

red

istr

ibu

tio

nfr

om

the

top

of

the

wal

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ow

nto

ap

oin

t(s

ub

seq

uen

tly

call

edth

e

"tra

nsi

tio

np

oin

t")

nea

rth

ep

oin

to

fze

rod

isp

lace

men

t.

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ed

esig

np

ress

ure

dis

trib

uti

on

isth

enas

sum

edto

var

y

lin

earl

yfr

om

the

net

acti

ve

pre

ssu

reat

the

tran

siti

on

po

int

toth

efu

lln

etp

assi

ve

pre

ssu

reat

the

bo

tto

mo

f

the

wal

l.T

he

des

ign

pre

ssu

red

istr

ibu

tio

nis

illu

stra

ted

inF

igu

re5

-6.

Eq

uil

ibri

um

of

the

wal

lre

qu

ires

that

the

sum

of

ho

rizo

nta

lfo

rces

and

the

sum

of

mo

men

tsab

ou

t

any

po

int

mu

stb

oth

be

equ

alto

zero

.T

he

two

equ

ilib

riu

meq

uat

ion

sm

ayb

eso

lved

for

the

loca

tio

no

f

the

tran

siti

on

po

int

(i.e

.th

ed

ista

ncez

inF

igu

re5

-6)

and

the

req

uir

edd

epth

of

pen

etra

tio

n(d

ista

nced

inF

ig-

ure

5-6

).B

ecau

seth

esi

mu

ltan

eou

seq

uat

ion

sar

en

on

-

lin

ear

inz

andd

,a

tria

lan

der

ror

solu

tio

nis

req

uir

ed.

g.Stabilitydesignforanchoredwalls.

Sev

eral

met

ho

ds

for

anch

ore

dw

all

des

ign

hav

eb

een

pro

po

sed

5-5

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Fig

ure

5-4

.A

nch

ora

ge

fail

ure

s

5-4

EM

1110-2

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31

Mar

94

Fig

ure

5-3

.F

lexu

ral

fail

ure

of

sh

eet

pil

ing

and

du

rati

on

of

load

ing

,an

dth

ep

erfo

rman

ceo

fth

ew

all

sho

uld

be

care

full

ym

on

ito

red

top

rev

ent

per

man

ent

dam

age.

Lo

wer

fact

ors

of

safe

tyo

rh

igh

erm

ater

ial

stre

sses

may

be

use

dfo

rth

ese

con

dit

ion

sw

ith

the

inte

nt

that

the

syst

emsh

ou

ldex

per

ien

cen

om

ore

than

cosm

etic

dam

age.

(3)

Ex

trem

eco

nd

itio

ns.

Aw

ors

t-ca

sesc

enar

io

rep

rese

nti

ng

the

wid

est

dev

iati

on

fro

mth

eu

sual

load

ing

con

dit

ion

sho

uld

be

use

dto

asse

ssth

elo

ads

for

this

case

.T

he

des

ign

sho

uld

allo

wth

esy

stem

tosu

stai

n

thes

elo

ads

wit

ho

ut

exp

erie

nci

ng

cata

stro

ph

icco

llap

se

bu

tw

ith

the

acce

pta

nce

of

po

ssib

lem

ajo

rd

amag

ew

hic

h

req

uir

esre

hab

ilit

atio

no

rre

pla

cem

ent.

To

con

tras

tu

sual

and

extr

eme

con

dit

ion

s,th

eef

fect

so

fa

hu

rric

ane

on

a

hu

rric

ane

pro

tect

ion

wal

lw

ou

ldb

eth

e"u

sual

"co

nd

itio

n

go

ver

nin

gth

ed

esig

n,

wh

ile

the

load

so

fth

esa

me

hu

rri-

can

eo

nan

emb

ank

men

tre

tain

ing

wal

lw

ou

ldb

e

"ex

trem

e."

d.Factorsofsafetyforstability.

Av

arie

tyo

f

met

ho

ds

for

intr

od

uci

ng

"fac

tors

of

safe

ty"

into

the

des

ign

pro

cess

hav

eb

een

pro

po

sed

;h

ow

ever

,n

o

un

iver

sal

pro

ced

ure

has

emer

ged

.In

gen

eral

,th

ed

esig

n

sho

uld

con

tain

ad

egre

eo

fco

nse

rvat

ism

con

sist

ent

wit

h

the

exp

erie

nce

of

the

des

ign

eran

dth

ere

liab

ilit

yo

fth

e

val

ues

assi

gn

edto

the

var

iou

ssy

stem

par

amet

ers.

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pro

ced

ure

wh

ich

has

gai

ned

acce

pta

nce

inth

eC

orp

so

f

En

gin

eers

isto

app

lya

fact

or

of

safe

ty(s

tren

gth

red

uc-

tio

nfa

cto

r)to

the

soil

stre

ng

thp

aram

eter

and

cw

hil

e

usi

ng

"bes

tes

tim

ates

"fo

ro

ther

qu

anti

ties

.B

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se

pas

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ep

ress

ure

sca

lcu

late

db

yth

ep

roce

du

res

des

crib

ed

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hap

ter

4ar

ele

ssli

kel

yto

be

full

yd

evel

op

edth

an

acti

ve

pre

ssu

res

on

the

reta

inin

gsi

de,

the

curr

ent

pra

ctic

eis

toev

alu

ate

pas

siv

ep

ress

ure

su

sin

g"e

ffec

-

tiv

e"v

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eso

and

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iven

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(5-1

)ta

n(φ

eff)

tan(φ

)/

FS

P

and

(5-2

)c e

ffc

/F

SP

wh

ere FS

P=

fact

or

of

safe

tyfo

rp

assi

ve

pre

ssu

res

5-3