I am designing a continuous deadman anchor for a sheet pile bulkhead. There is a 20' high MSE wall embankment 37' inboard of my anchor wall. I do not believe the embankment is influencing the anchor wall (pushing in the wrong direction) but I need to proove it. Using classical strip load...
Thanks PEinc. Circular No. 4 is the vary publication my reviewer has cited in asking for the trapazoidal. By the way, it does address non-homogeneous, layered profiles in 5.2.7.
Further thought; I analyzed the wall cited in my question using both triangular and trapazoidal active distributions. The single anchor force was 50% greater with the trapazoidal. The triangular distribution has been used on deepwater sheet pile bulkheads since at least the mid-1900's. One would...
Thanks, but current LRFD 3.11.5.7.1 and FHWA-IF-99-015, Page 51, indicate using a trapazoidal apparent pressure for a single anchor. I'm fine with a trap for multilevel anchors.
I have been designing sheet pile walls with single level strut or tie rod supports at the top for many years using the triangular distribution for active pressures (USS, DM-7). I have encountered a reviewer who insists that I use a "one level anchor" trapazoidal distribution per FHA and the...
