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Apr 26, 2012
Installation and Performance of a Steel Sheet Pile Wall for Supporting an Excavation in Urban Environment
Authors: G. A. Athanasopoulos [email protected]., V. S. Vlachakis, and P. C. Pelekis, Ph.D. [email protected].Author Affiliations
Publication: Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
Abstract
A case history is presented of a deep supported excavation in urban environment under difficult soil conditions (soft clay, high water table). An internally braced sheet pile wall (installed with a vibratory driver) was used for temporary retention of the walls of a 5.80m deep excavation having plan dimensions 29m x 24m. The intensity of ground vibrations was monitored during sheet pile driving and extraction. The excavation was successfully completed and the measured behavior of the retaining system, and of adjacent structures, was found to be in agreement with the predictions of numerical analyses using the commercially available finite element code PLAXIS.
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Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
Pages: 3370 - 3380
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Construction engineering
- Construction methods
- Excavation
- Foundations
- Geotechnical engineering
- Infrastructure
- Municipal water
- Pile foundations
- Piles
- Retaining structures
- Sheet piles
- Steel piles
- Structural behavior
- Structural engineering
- Structural members
- Structural systems
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Walls
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
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University of Patras, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Geotechnical Engineering, Rion (Patras), Greece, GR-26500.E-mail: [email protected].
V. S. Vlachakis
University of Patras, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Geotechnical Engineering, Rion (Patras), Greece, GR-26500
School of Pedagogical & Technological Education (ASPETE), Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering, N.Heraklion, Athens, Greece, GR-14121.E-mail: [email protected].
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