An anchored sheet pile is to support a mass of cohesionless soil up to a height of 6 m above ground level with horizontal anchor ties spaced at 1 m interval and located at 1.0 m below ground surface. If the unit weight of the soil is 21 kN/m³ and its angle of internal friction is 30°, determine the minimum depth of the sheet pile for stability. d 7XX 7XXX Pp E 6 m C ← 1 m T d/3 T TOXX 2(6+d) 3 P. + (630)

An anchored sheet pile is to support a mass of cohesionless soil up to a height of 6 m above ground level with horizontal anchor ties spaced at 1 m interval and located at 1.0 m below ground surface. If the unit weight of the soil is 21 kN/m³ and its angle of internal friction is 30°, determine the minimum depth of the sheet pile for stability. d 7XX 7XXX Pp E 6 m C ← 1 m T d/3 T TOXX 2(6+d) 3 P. + (630)

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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