Developing a new relation to calculate the length of sheet pile for protecting the way to the bridges or settlement in HCMC and Mekong Delta

Abstract

   For building the infracstructures to wake up the potential of economic development for the country's largest rice producing region have been rapidly built in Mekong Delta such as My Thuan Bridge, Can Tho Bridge, Vam Cong Bridge, 1A National Highway and so on. In the past, when designing the sheet pile, we had to choose the length of the sheet pile first, then calculate to check the stability and deformation of the sheet pile; the length of the sheet pile can not be calculated directly yet. A study to establish a new relation for calculating the length of the sheet pile directly to protect the ways to bridges and settlements is necessary for HCMC in general and flooded Mekong Delta areas in particular.