Driven vertically into the ground, interlocking metal plates known as sheet piles can keep soil from eroding after rainfall, they can serve as retaining walls on slopes, or perform other functions.

1. The location of the sheet piles must meet the design requirements and facilitate trench foundation earthwork construction. Sufficient space should be left outside the most protruding edge of the ...

Steel sheet piles have more than a century-long history of being used to support excavations for buried structures (Figure 1). During the construction process, the sheet piles traditionally provide ...