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Steel reinforcment for a sheet pile capping beam.

Steel reinforcment for a sheet pile capping beam.

Steel reinforcment for a sheet pile capping beam.

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Hello!

I have been working as a graduate for 6 months now predominately in steel design, however i have been asked to design bridge abutments, sheet pile walls and a caping beam to sit on top of the sheet pile to button unto a new pedestrian walkway. I have designed all other elements but stumbled on the 'easier' part of my design.

My question is
For steel reinforcment within my abutment i followed euro code to calculate the minimum area of steel reqiured (As,min) in the tensile zone.

How do i calcualte the required quantity of steel required for a capping beam? the cap has virtually no external forces only a small hand rail on top. The sheet pile follows a Z shape and is to be inserted into the underside of the capping beam by 150mm with the steel reinforcement suitably allowing for this.

Any help would be appreciated! I'm trying to avoid asking my boss for the reason i don't wish to look like a doughnut.

Kind regards

RE: Steel reinforcment for a sheet pile capping beam.

If the load from the hand rail is insignificant and there are no other loads just provide temperature and shrinkage reinforcement.

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