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...
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...