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Steel Sheet Pile Walls in Soft Soil

By D.A. Kort
July 2002
Delft University
ISBN: 90-407-2276-5
304 pages, Illustrated, 6 3/8 x 9 1/2"
$68.50 paper original


Contents include: Plastic Design: classical methods, structural resistance of steel sheet piles, parametric study, Oblique Bending: theory of elasticity of oblique bending, reduction factors, quantification factors, new design methods, Sheet Pile Wall Field Test in Rotterdam: pre-testing, set-up, results, Predictions for the Sheet Pile Wall Field Test, Evaluation of the Sheet Pile Wall Field Test, Discussion of Results and Conclusions.



Civil Engineering