Patent ID: 6190093
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
A U-shaped sheet pile comprising:a flange having a substantially flat outer face and an opposite, substantially flat inner face;two webs projecting from said flange on the inner face side, so as to be symmetrical with respect to a plane perpendicular to said inner face, each of said two webs having a substantially flat outer face and an opposite, substantially flat inner face;a flange/web connection for each of said two webs, each of said flange/web connections defining, on the side where said inner face of the web joins said inner face of the flange, a concave corner that is flattened by an extra thickness of material in said flange/web connection, so as to obtain a reduction in resistance of said sheet pile to pile-driving; andan interlocking element connected to each of said two webs, each of said interlocking elements defining a central axis,wherein said sheet pile has a depth/useful width ratio greater than or equal to 0.18, where the useful width is defined as being a distance between the central axes of said interlocking elements, and the depth is defined as being a distance separating a plane passing through said central axes of said two interlocking elements and said outer face of the flange.