Sheet Pile Wall Anchors in Granular Media: Stability Considerations Introduction Sheet piles are commonly used as anchor walls to withstand lateral loads. They derive their capacitydue to the resultant of passive and active pressure acting on the front and rear face of the wall underthe action of anchor pull. Many of the bulkhead failures are attributed to failure of their anchors. It isimportant to ensure safety of the anchor units to protect the main structures they support.When a wall is pulled by an anchor it tends to rotate about a pivot point and active and passivepressures develop on the front […]

Pile Load Tests: A Special Analysis Pile load tests are essential in ensuring the stability and safety of any construction project that involves piles. By conducting pile load tests, engineers can determine the ultimate capacity of a pile and assess its settlement under design load, as well as evaluate any variations in soil strata and installation quality. There are several types of pile load tests: compressive pile load tests, pull out tests, lateral load tests, and torsional load tests. Of these, the compressive pile load test is the most common. In this article we dwell on the compressive pile load […]