Chaparral Steel Company

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Richard J Hartman

A sheet piling () comprising a flange (), a web (), a junction () between the flange and the web, the junction having a substantially concave inner surface (), the inner surface comprising at least a first concave surface of first radius () and a second concave surface of second radius (). The inner surface may further comprise a third concave surface of third radius ().

Z-shaped sheet piling

A sheet piling () comprising a first flange (), a second flange (), a web (), a junction () between the first flange and the web, the junction having a substantially concave inner surface (), the inner surface comprising at least a first concave surface of first radius () and a second concave surface of second radius (). The inner surface may further comprise a third concave surface of third radius ().

An improved Z-shaped sheet piling () comprising a first flange (), a second flange (), a web (), a junction () between the first flange and the web, the junction having an inner surface (), the inner surface defined by at least a first radius () and a second radius (). The inner surface may be further defined by a third radius (). The sheet piling may comprise a first flange () having a substantially planar flange surface (), a second flange (), a web () having a substantially planar web surface (), a junction () between the first flange and the web, the junction having a fillet portion () defined by the planes of the web surface and flange surface extended to an intersection () and an inner substantially arcuate surface () intersecting the web surface and flange surface, the inner arcuate surface defined by at least a first radius () and a second radius (). The inner arcuate surface may be further defined by a third radius ().

This invention is directed to an improved Z-shaped sheet piling ( ). In the preferred embodiment, the piling has a first flange ( ), a web ( ), a second flange ( ), a section modulus of at least about 25 in. /ft., a weight of less than about 31 lbs./ft. , the second flange having a wale location ( ), and the web, first flange and second flange being so dimensioned and configured that the transverse stress at the wale location for each psi of applied pressure load is less than about 1000 psi. The present invention also discloses a Z-shaped sheet piling in which the first flange has a span location ( ) and the first flange, web, and second flange are so dimensioned and configured that the transverse stress at the span location for each psi of applied load is less than about 800 psi. The transverse stress at the wale location may be about 878 psi per psi of applied load and the transverse stress at the span location may be about 731 psi per psi of applied load or about 786 psi per psi of applied load. The piling may have a moment of inertia of about 188.66 in. /ft., may have a section modulus of about 30.97 in. /ft., may weight about 27.56 psf, and may have a cross-sectional area of about 12 in. .

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Clarence, NY, United States of America

Richard J Hartman