Posted by
wanze on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:24:57 PM
Steel
sheet piles are long structural sections with a vertical
interlocking system that creates a continuous wall. The walls are most often
used to retain either soil or water. The ability of a sheet pile section to
perform is dependent upon its geometry and the soils it is driven into. The pile
transfers pressure from the high side of the wall to the soil in front of the
wall.
There are permanent and temporary applications. Permanent
sheet piles
remain in the ground and serve as permanent retaining
structures. Temporary sheet piles are designed to provide safe access for
construction, and are then removed.
The steel
sheet pile wall provides the solution for safe-working inside
the pit. After such a project has been completed the steel sheet-pile wall is
removed. In the case of the construction of a quay wall that consists of steel
sheet-pile walls, for instance, these sheet-pile wall components naturally
remain permanently.