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Author: Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.23P
The water table at a site is at 5 m below the ground level, and it is required to excavate to this level. The soil profile consists of a thick bed of sand where the unit weight is γm = 17.0 kN/m3 above the water table and γsat = 20.0 kN/m3 below the water table. The friction angle of the sand is 37°. The wall of the excavation will be supported by cantilever sheet piles. How deep would you drive the sheet piles? Use the simplified analysis (Figure 15.37) with a factor of safety of 1.5 on the passive resistance. Determine the maximum bending moment in the sheet pile and the required section modulus for the sheet pile section (given an allowable stress of 190 MN/m2).
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Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.1PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.2PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.3PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.4PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.5PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.6PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.7PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.8PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.9PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.10P
Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.11PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.12PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.13PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.14PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.15PCh. 15 - Refer to the braced cut in Figure 15.50, for which...Ch. 15 - For the braced cut described in Problem 15.16,...Ch. 15 - Refer to Figure 15.51 in which = 17.5 kN/m3, c =...Ch. 15 - Refer to Figure 15.27a. For the braced cut, H = 6...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.20PCh. 15 - Determine the factor of safety against bottom...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.22PCh. 15 - The water table at a site is at 5 m below the...Ch. 15 - Prob. 15.24PCh. 15 - Prob. 15.25CTPCh. 15 - Figure 15.53 below shows a cantilever sheet pile...
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