Three-dimensional response of double anchored sheet pile walls subjected to excavation and construction sequence

Abstract

In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) response of anchored sheet pile walls was investigated on double-anchored sheet pile system during soils excavation and tunnel construction sequence. This construction procedure is executed in areas front and adjacent the sheet pile walls. This paper focused on both areas of construction effects on the sheet piles. This numerical study aimed at the evaluation of the variation of bottom wall bending moment, top wall lateral and vertical displacements and anchor reactions forces exerted in the sheet piles. This paper also described the variation of the total anchor's reactions forces from the upper and lower anchors rows. A parametric effect such as upper and lower anchors rows distance was also performed to evaluate the variation of the wall bending moment, displacement and anchors total forces. The analysis results indicated that the reactions forces developed in the lower anchor rods are always higher than those developed in the upper anchor rods. The higher the distance between the upper and the bottom anchors the lower the displacement of the top wall in any stage of the construction. The minimum bottom walls bending moment is developed in the case where the distance between the anchor's rows divided by the wall height is 0.51. Positioning the upper anchors at 0.15 and the lower at 0.39 the wall height from the top wall will induce minimum top wall vertical displacement during soil excavation. This paper presents the results and findings of the parametric study performed.

Keywords

• Civil engineering
• Structural engineering