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Depth of a Soldiers in a Pile Wall

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wettpaint

Civil/Environmental
Apr 15, 2011
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I have looked for references to the design of a "temporary" soldier pile wall and cannot find what I am looking for. I am looking for the calculations to find the depth below the surface for the "H" beams.

Here is the information I am working with.
Max Height = 9'
Unit weight of Soil Behind Wall = 118 pcf
Ka = .28
Kp = 3.53
Soil type is SM-SP as indicated from bore logs
Spacing is 8'ctc.

Thank you for any help.
 
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The easiest way to do this is to draw active earth pressure on one side and then the passive on the opposite side and then summ moments abot the soldier beam tip and solve for D. Multipy this "D" value by 1.3 to get your design embedment.

In general, temporary catilever soldeir beams need embedment of about 1.25H.
 
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