Closure to “Observed Performance of a Sheetpile-Supported Excavation in Chicago Clays” by Richard J. Finno, Sangrae Kim, Justin Lewis, and Nathan Van Winkle
Abstract:The writers thank the discusser for his interest in the paper and for the opportunity to expand on several items therein. The writers agree there are limitations with the Clough et al. (1989) method. When one looks at the scatter in the field data when plotted on the normalized movement versus system stiffness chart presented in Fig. 7 of Clough et al. (1989), it is clear that there are limitations inherent in the method if one is to use it to compute lateral wall movements during excavation. The authors inclu… Show more
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