Other Loads on Sheet Pile Walls

Earth and water are not the only loads. This chapter covers other loads on sheet pile walls, including surcharges, equipment and traffic, ice, wave and current loads, vessel impact, mooring loads, and construction loads.

It explains how each load is estimated, how it is combined with earth and water pressures, and what load combinations designers commonly use.

Careful accounting of these loads is what separates a wall that performs from one that is overstressed in service.