The sides of an excavation 3.0 m deep in sand are to be supported by a cantilever sheet pile wall. The water table is 1.5 m below the bottom of the excavation. The sand has a saturated unit weight of 20 kN/m³, a unit weight above the water table of 17 kN/m³ and the characteristic value of o' is 36°. Using the traditional method, determine the required depth of embedment of the piling below the bottom of the excavation to give a factor of safety of 2.0 with respect to passive resistance.

The sides of an excavation 3.0 m deep in sand are to be supported by a cantilever sheet pile wall. The water table is 1.5 m below the bottom of the excavation. The sand has a saturated unit weight of 20 kN/m³, a unit weight above the water table of 17 kN/m³ and the characteristic value of o' is 36°. Using the traditional method, determine the required depth of embedment of the piling below the bottom of the excavation to give a factor of safety of 2.0 with respect to passive resistance.

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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