(Solved): AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS 3. A braced sheet pile to be used in an open cut in sand is shown in the figur ...

AUSTRALIAN STANDARDS

3. A braced sheet pile to be used in an open cut in sand is shown in the figure below. Assume that the sheet piles are hinged at strut levels B and C. Struts are spaced longitudinally at \( 2.5 \mathrm{~m} \) centre-to-centre spacing. Draw the lateral earth pressure diagram for the braced sheet pile system and compute the loads on struts A, B, C and D. (Ans: \( F_{A}=144.56 \mathrm{kN} \), \( \left.\mathrm{F}_{\mathrm{B}}=\mathrm{F}_{\mathrm{C}}=112.44 \mathrm{kN}, \mathrm{F}_{\mathrm{D}}=144.56 \mathrm{kN}\right) \)