Meeting/Event Information

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Join your peers for the next SEI Houston Chapter Luncheon Technical Session:

"PERFORMANCE OF AN ANCHORED SHEET-PILE WALL"

The Port of Freeport built a new General Cargo Deck and Transit Shed consisting of an anchored sheet-pile wall and a relieving platform supported by auger cast-in-place piles. Detailed instrumentation of the dock system was undertaken, including inclinometers, strain gauges, and total earth pressure cells on the sheet-pile wall and strain gauges on the anchor rods. Measurements were made over a period of four years to determine deflection, moment, and soil pressure on the sheet-piles and tension on tie backs at various stages. The deflections measured in the sheet-pile wall were surprisingly larger than originally calculated. A parametric study was conducted to determine factors that might have been responsible for the large and unexpected deflections. It was concluded that the high deflections were due to the manner in which the backfill was placed and the reduced section modulus. It was determined that the manner in which the sheet-pile was installed did not provide the section modulus as expected. Alternative methods of construction should be examined for future dock construction, which will eliminate the high construction stresses observed in this project.

Speaker: Shailendra Endley, Ph.D., P.E. Where: Arup Office, Conference Room @ 4th floor, 10370 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX, 77042 When: Tuesday, August 27th, 2019, 11:30 AM to 1 PM Online Tickets*: Member: $25; Government Employees: $20; Students: $10; Non-Members: $30 Walk-in Tickets**: Member: $30; Non-Member: $35 **CC not accepted. Checks preferred; Address Checks to "ASCE Houston".