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Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Sheet pile walls 5
2.1Sectionsandinterlocks .............................. 5
2.2Propertiesofsteel................................. 8
2.2.1 Stress-strain behaviour .......................... 8
2.2.2 Designation of steel grades . . ...................... 8
2.2.3 Suitability for welding .......................... 9
2.2.4 Corrosion and service life . . ...................... 10
2.3Drivingsheetpilewalls.............................. 13
2.3.1 Threading piles into precut trenches . .................. 13
2.3.2 Pressing .................................. 14
2.3.3 Impact driving .............................. 15
2.3.4 Vibratory driving . . . .......................... 16
2.3.5 Vibrations and settlement . . . ...................... 17
3 Subsoil 23
3.1Fieldtests..................................... 24
3.1.1 Boreholes . . . .............................. 24
3.1.2 Penetrometer tests . . .......................... 24
3.1.3 Geophysical measurements . . ...................... 26
3.1.4 Assessment of penetration resistance . .................. 26
3.2Laboratorytests.................................. 27
3.2.1 Granulometric composition . ...................... 27
3.2.2 Determining unit weight and in situ density . .............. 27
3.2.3 Consistency . . .............................. 28
3.2.4 Unconfined compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2.5 Shear parameters . . . .......................... 30
3.3Soilparameters .................................. 33
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