| dc.description.abstract | Sheet pile walls are structures used to retain soil, rock or other materials in a vertical
condition. Hence they provide a lateral support to vertical slopes of soil that would
otherwise collapse into a more natural shape. They have been used to support
excavations for below grade parking structures, basements, pump houses, and
foundations, construct cofferdams, and to construct seawalls and bulkheads. In order
to have a more efficient usage of construction areas in congested urban areas a
vertical development of buildings becomes necessary. Currently we more often face
situations where urban buildings need as many parking spaces, so, due to lack of
space, that requires the development of several underground floors. The design and
execution of deep excavations in congested urban areas is quite a challenge especially
in terms of geotechnical engineering and it requires a good knowledge of the soil
mechanics and soil interaction with the retaining walls of the excavation. As such, the
performance of support systems for deep excavation requires careful consideration of
soil-structure interaction. This study involves 2D Finite element model is developed
using PLAXIS to investigate the behavior of anchored sheet pile walls by varying
different anchor location. The analysis is carried out considering non-linear behavior
of soil using Mohr-coulomb failure criteria. | en |
