Soldier Pile Design
Soldier Pile Design
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So I have noticed there are quite a number of empirical procedures to determine embedment depth of a soldier pile. The IBC and AASHTO have procedures that are super easy, but yield very different answers depending on how deep you are going. As usual, there is never the money to perform a true soil-structure interaction analysis, so we structural guys are left with choosing from the dozens of analytical methods scattered throughout codes, doctoral papers, textbooks, etc.
Does anybody have a ton of experience with soldier pile design that can provide some suggestions?
Does anybody have a ton of experience with soldier pile design that can provide some suggestions?





RE: Soldier Pile Design
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RE: Soldier Pile Design
RE: Soldier Pile Design
They mention that Broms' procedure is for ultimate loads that require a undercapacity factor and overload factor. I have been given allowable passive pressure from the geotech. Does this mean I need to apply a load factor to the shear and moment in order to use Broms' method? It suggests using an overload factor of 2 to 3 - why does that seem so high? LRFD load factor would only be 1.6 for the retaining wall loads.
Thoughts?
RE: Soldier Pile Design
Check the required load factors and resistance factors for the code you are required to follow.
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