Module 6 : Design of Retaining Structures
Lecture 28 : Anchored sheet pile walls [ Section 28.3 : Design of sheet pile wall by free earth support ]
   

Cohesionless soil

  The forces acting on the wall are shown in the fig. Assuming that the material above and below dredged level in cohesionless.
 
 
Fig. 6.22 Forces acting on sheet pile in free earth support case (cohesionless soil)
   
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