Steel sheet pile (SSP) wall is a common wall type to facilitate deep excavations. The SSPs are required to be driven to a prescribed depth below the final exaction level to prevent (i) kick-out and (ii) hydraulic types of instability. In assessing the drivability of SSPs, it is necessary to review the sub-surface, R. Massarsch. H. FelleniusA. odare Fundamentals of the vibratory driving of piles and sheet piles 2 geotechnik 2017 be addressed without considering the others. The paper focuses on the analysis of the pile / sheet pile driving pro-cess and on how to optimize the installation process by varying the machine parameters during installation or ex …
The most commonly used method to drive sheet piles is the vibratory driving technique main reasons being the shorter installation time, less disturbance to the surroundings, and reduced damages to the driven sheet pile compared to impact driven sheet piles. It has become a desire to better predict the driveability, i.e. determine if it is possible to, book contained the following words: “This edition of the Sheet Piling Handbook is intended to provide an outline of the fundamentals and analysis options for the design of sheet piling structures. The theory is mentioned only where this is essential for understanding.”, Steel H- pile should have roughly the same driving resistance as steel sheet pile . However, sheet pile are more susceptible to damage than H- pile because the sheet pile’s interlock has to function. I doubt if either PZ-27 or PZ-35 can be successfully driven to a depth of 75 feet in dense soil.
TECHNICAL NOTE 013, Pile Driving Installation Methods – Steel Piling Group, Pile Driving Installation Methods – Steel Piling Group
