Hello All,
I need to design concrete anchor blocks (sinkers, basically) used to hold position buoys in place. The position buoys in turn support a floating boom. So, the floating boom is at the water surface loaded by drag, vessel impact, debris, etc. That load is transferred to the position...
Where should the failure plane of an anchored sheet pile wall be measured from? The Corps of Engineers' manual (see attached) indicates it is measured from the bottom of the wall, USS Steel shows it from the point of zero moment and I have been told verbally that it's from the point of zero net...
