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PDCA Pile Driver - 2020 Issue 1
Hudson River Park Pier 26, New York City
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Due to the high tensile forces in the interlocks of straight web
sheet piles, solid contact is attained between the two interlocks
over the entire length of the sheet pile. This contact is so good that
usually no further measures are needed to make the sheet pile
structure watertight.
Diaphragm cells: an example of a diaphragm cell layout
STEEL SHEET PILING
Cells under
construction showing
the two-part template
needed to support
the straight web
sheet piles before
installation
Upper
platform
Lower
platform
Steel
piles
+3.7 m
-23.0 m
final
shape
of
cell
We
c
dy
60°
M
N dl
x=r
r
θ=120°
c
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