FAILURE OF ANCHORED SHEET PILE WALLS

Several failures of anchored sheet pile walls have occurred in Sweden. Most of these have been caused by insufficient statility or by frost action. Large movements have been observed when piles were driven close to a wall and the driving depth exceeded that of the sheet piles due to the high excess pore pressures which develop during the driving in cohesionless soils. Such failures can be prevented by increasing the driving depth, by decreasing the slope of the anchors, or by using steel H-piles instead of concrete piles. Failure of the anchors caused by the lateral expansion of the soil due to frost action has been observed. It is possible to prevent such failures by drainage or by heating the wall during the winter. /ASCE/

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Broms, B
  • STILLE, H
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 235-251
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: GT3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchor walls; Angularity; Building heating; Drainage; Failure; Frost action; Granular soils; Pile driving; Pore pressure; Sheet piling; Slopes; Steel; Support piles; Swelling soils
• Uncontrolled Terms: Anchors; Angles; Steel piling
• Old TRIS Terms: H bearing piles
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134651
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #12000
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM