Application of Submerged Grouted Anchors in Sheet Pile Quay Walls

Mollahasani, Ali (2014) Application of Submerged Grouted Anchors in Sheet Pile Quay Walls, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria civile e ambientale, 26 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/6633.
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Abstract

Sheet pile walls are one of the oldest earth retention systems utilized in civil engineering projects. They are used for various purposes; such as excavation support system, cofferdams, cut-off walls under dams, slope stabilization, waterfront structures, and flood walls. Sheet pile walls are one of the most common types of quay walls used in port construction. The worldwide increases in utilization of large ships for transportation have created an urgent need of deepening the seabed within port areas and consequently the rehabilitation of its wharfs. Several methods can be used to increase the load-carrying capacity of sheet-piling walls. The use of additional anchored tie rods grouted into the backfill soil and arranged along the exposed wall height is one of the most practical and appropriate solutions adopted for stabilization and rehabilitation of the existing quay wall. The Ravenna Port Authority initiated a project to deepen the harbor bottom at selected wharves. An extensive parametric study through the finite element program, PLAXIS 2D, version 2012 was carried out to investigate the enhancement of using submerged grouted anchors technique on the load response of sheet-piling quay wall. The influence of grout-ties area, length of grouted body, anchor inclination and anchor location were considered and evaluated due to the effect of different system parameters. Also a comparative study was conducted by Plaxis 2D and 3D program to investigate the behavior of these sheet pile quay walls in terms of horizontal displacements induced along the sheet pile wall and ground surface settlements as well as the anchor force and calculated factor of safety. Finally, a comprehensive study was carried out by using different constitutive models to simulate the mechanical behavior of the soil to investigate the effect of these two models (Mohr-Coulomb and Hardening Soil) on the behavior of these sheet pile quay walls.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Mollahasani, Ali
Supervisore
Co-supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Ingegneria civile ed architettura
Ciclo
26
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Sheet Pile, Grouted Anchors, Excavation, Rehabilitation, Numerical Modeling, Finite Element Method, Constitutive Model
URN:NBN
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/6633
Data di discussione
19 Maggio 2014
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