MJ23bridge
Structural
- Mar 23, 2012
- 2
I did come across the following related threads:
The question I have, which did not appear to be explained (or at least to the point that I was not sure), was if the inclined raker should be designed for bending moment or not.
At the moment I have two sheet pile walls with a strut in between them. The strut between the two walls must be inclined instead of being level (a design requirement due to field conditions).
I was planning to detail the ends with wedge plates so that the waler will be rotated (instead of waler web being horizontal it is rotated).
I did note from other threads that at least one respondent indicated that they typically did not design rakers for moment (just axial force). However our design reviewer has suggested that the moment (due to the inclination of the anchor generating a moment M = F * y, where F = horizontal component at the brace level and y = vertical distance between elevations of the strut at each sheet pile wall).
Any insight appreciated.
The question I have, which did not appear to be explained (or at least to the point that I was not sure), was if the inclined raker should be designed for bending moment or not.
At the moment I have two sheet pile walls with a strut in between them. The strut between the two walls must be inclined instead of being level (a design requirement due to field conditions).
I was planning to detail the ends with wedge plates so that the waler will be rotated (instead of waler web being horizontal it is rotated).
I did note from other threads that at least one respondent indicated that they typically did not design rakers for moment (just axial force). However our design reviewer has suggested that the moment (due to the inclination of the anchor generating a moment M = F * y, where F = horizontal component at the brace level and y = vertical distance between elevations of the strut at each sheet pile wall).
Any insight appreciated.