Sheet Pile Depth between Soldier Piles
Sheet Pile Depth between Soldier Piles
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I'm designing a soldier pile wall retaining earth adjacent to water. The H-piles are 50-feet long. There is 20-feet of exposed H-pile above low water. The mudline is just below low water. The H-pile is driven through the mud and into overburden below. I'm confident of the H-pile design, depth of fixity, and placement. I'm wondering how low the Sheet Piles, between the H-Piles, should be embedded. I'm proposing 10-feet below mudline. Is there any guidance on how deep to drive the sheets?





RE: Sheet Pile Depth between Soldier Piles
Check for storm/scour effects. Check for heaving failure. Take a few feet below the critical level from the results, unless you need more fixity for the intermediate sheeting.
I assume that the soldier piles have interlocks.
Jeff
RE: Sheet Pile Depth between Soldier Piles