E3: Excavation Exercise

Tied-back excavation using

secant bored piles (CBP) and
2 layers of ground anchors

Presented By

RF Shen
24 November 2011

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Briefing of the Project

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 Proposed secant bored pile wall (SBP)

Dia. = 1 m with 200mm overlapping

Secant wall
d= 1 m
I= 0.049 m^4/m
E= 2.70E+07 kPa
A= 0.79 m^2/m
c/c spacing = 0.80 m
so,
EA/m = 2.65E+07 kN/m Take c/c spacing of 0.8m
EI/m = 8.28E+05 kNm^2/m Take c/c spacing of 1.6m
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weight = 19 kN/m/m
 Proposed ground anchors

The ground anchors are made of 32mm dia. Steel

bars at c/c spacing of 1m. The steel bar have a
stiffness of Es=2.1*10^8 kPa and with ultimate
strength of 605kN per anchor.
The anchors will be pre-stressed to 60% of the
ultimatee strength, namely 363kN/anchor.
The properties of the grout body can be ignored.

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 Proposed ground anchors
Anchor free length (node-to-node element with Elastoplasticity ):
d= 0.032 m
E= 2.10E+08 kPa
A= 8.04E-04 m^2/m
c/c spacing = 1.00 m
so,
EA/m = 1.7E+05 kN/m
Max axial force = 605 kN/m

Anchor grout body (geogrid element with Elastoplasticity):

d= 0.032 m
E= 2.10E+08 kPa
A= 8.04E-04 m^2/m
c/c spacing = 1.00 m
so,
EA/m = 1.7E+05 kN/m
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 Soil & ground water condition

The upper 40m of the subsoil consists of a more

or less homogeneous layer of medium dense
sand. Typical soil parameters based on triaxial
tests are presented in the next slide.

Underneath this layer there is a very stiff layer of

gravel which can be acted as the bottom
boundary of the 2D FEM mesh.

The ground water table is very deep and does not

play a role in this analysis.
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Soil parameters

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