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A study of sheet pile quay wall rehabilitation methods

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Civil Engineering

Abstract

This paper studies numerically a tied-back sheet pile quay wall failure in Egypt, which started to collapse after the completion of the superstructure. The quay wall comprises a 20 m length sheet pile wall tied back to a 6 m length sheet pile wall. The failure of the tied-back sheet pile wall occurred in the tie rods, resulting in about 15 cm displacement. The explanation of failure required underwater dive inspection to investigate the cause. Investigations have revealed the absence of waler beams installation at the level of tie rods which led to their loss. And thus, the failure was attributed to the design errors and the tie rod bolts' poor material quality. This research aims to provide common rehabilitation strategies that are little disruptive. An inverted U-slab approach has been suggested to restrict the sheet pile wall's lateral displacement. The U-slab approach consists of a 40 cm thick slab connected to a beam from the seaside and a deadman from the landside which provides a tie-back mechanism and strengthens the defective sheet pile wall. The study also investigates the behavior of the sheet pile wall before and after the tie-rods numerically by PLAXIS 2D. Based on the analysis, the U-slab technique results in 2 cm lateral displacement of the defective sheet pile wall in the operational phase. This means that the technique controls the lateral movement of the displaced sheet pile wall. Eventually, the approach satisfies the factor of safety and increases the friction between the slab and soil.

DOI

10.21608/pserj.2022.131369.1174

Keywords

Quay wall, Anchored Sheet Pile, Rehabilitation Techniques, PLAXIS

Authors

First Name

Elsayed

Last Name

Galal

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Affiliation

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University

Email

elsayed.galal@eng.psu.edu.eg

City

Port Said

Orcid

0000-0002-1079-1868

First Name

Doaa

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Essam

Affiliation

civil engineering, faculty of engineering, Port-Said university, Port-Said

Email

doaa1@eng.psu.edu.eg

City

portsaid

Orcid

-

First Name

Ehab

Last Name

Tolba

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Affiliation

Professor, Faculty of engineering, Port-Said university, Port-Said

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prof.tolba@eng.psu.edu.eg

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portsaid

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Volume

26

Article Issue

3

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36773

Issue Date

2022-09-01

Receive Date

2022-05-11

Publish Date

2022-09-01

Page Start

37

Page End

45

Print ISSN

1110-6603

Online ISSN

2536-9377

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https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/article_243345.html

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4

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813

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Publication Title

Port-Said Engineering Research Journal

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https://pserj.journals.ekb.eg/

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A study of sheet pile quay wall rehabilitation methods

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22 Jan 2023