Abstract:
Traditional calculation methods specified in the current code for the sheet-pile wall are all limited and the interaction between soil and pile can not be taken into account, therefore non-linear FEM analysis for the interal force of the sheet-pile wall based on Plaxis software is carried out herein, of which results are compared with those of the traditional vertical beam on elastic foundation method. The research results show: (1)the assumption for the active earth pressure behind the sheet-pile wall in current Chinese Code differs from the results by Plaxis; (2)hardening soil constitutive model can represent the non-linear properties of soilmass well; (3)among all soilmass parameters for hardening soil model, the internal friction angle is the most sensitive, the cohesion force and modulus of compressibility less and parameter M is the least.