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Optimization of Sheet-Pile and Retaining-Wall Design: A Review of Methods and Metaheuristic Approaches
Keywords: Sheet-pile wall · Retaining wall · Metaheuristic optimization · Cost minimization · Reliability-based design · Multiobjective...
Adisorn O.
Oct 115 min read


🚧 Automated Anchored Sheet Pile Wall Design with Optimization
Adisorn O. | ALPS Consultants 📌 The Problem with Traditional Methods Anchored sheet pile (SP) walls are typically designed using...
Adisorn O.
Oct 42 min read


🧠 Smarter Retaining Wall Design: Introducing Pile Support in Version 1.8.3
Retaining walls remain a core element in geotechnical engineering, but their design has often relied on manual iterations, conservative...
Adisorn O.
Oct 32 min read


Optimized Cantilever Retaining Wall Design with AI-Driven Algorithms
Retaining walls are fundamental in geotechnical and structural engineering, yet their design often involves conservative assumptions that...
Adisorn O.
Sep 283 min read
Outlook of Applications in Multi-Objective Optimization Design
*Auto Generated by GPT-5 1. Steel and Concrete Frame Design Objectives: Minimize material cost (steel weight, concrete volume). Minimize...
Adisorn O.
Sep 272 min read


Multi-Objective Optimization using PSO (MOPSO)--Spread Footing Design Example
Problem setup We want to design a square footing on soil that satisfies safety and economy. Design variables : B = footing width (m) D =...
Adisorn O.
Sep 273 min read


Is it allowed to use concrete pile without dowel bars in SDC C?
❌ No . According to ACI 318-14 (ASCE 7-10), we need to extend at least pc strand from concrete pile into pilecap. For using pc strand...
Adisorn O.
Apr 301 min read


CRSI's Pile cap Design Patterns
CRSI provides a guideline to optimize pile arrangement. We adopt this pattern in our PILE-OP software for the most efficient pilecap...
Adisorn O.
Apr 281 min read


🏗️ Foundation Bearing Check: Why You Should Never Place a Column at the Edge of a Pile Cap
📖 Introduction In foundation design, particularly for pile caps and spread footings , verifying the bearing stress at the...
Adisorn O.
Apr 263 min read
🚀 Breaking Ground with SEISMIC-PILE: Our Custom FEM Tool for Lateral Pile Analysis
By alpsdev 2025 🔧 Key Features Implemented: ✅ FEM-Based Beam Modeling True 2D beam elements with 2 DOFs per node Supports bending...
Adisorn O.
Apr 241 min read


Settlement Calculation of Footing on Sand Layers
Credit: uproperty.ph.com *Use this sheet at your own risk!
Adisorn O.
Apr 171 min read


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Mar 30, 20241 min read






Firefly Algorithm: Part 3 -- Design Example
Fig.2 Convergence plot (n = 20, maxGen = 20) This design example shows how the Firefly algorithm can be applied to the gravity wall...
Adisorn O.
Feb 23, 20241 min read


LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE: PART 1 - INTRO AND AT REST PRESSURE
Under normal conditions, soil generates vertical and horizontal pressure due to Poisson’s effects. Terzaghi defined the lateral earth...
Adisorn O.
Mar 5, 20231 min read


BORED PILE CAPACITY IN BANGKOK CLAYS - SPREADSHEET
This example shows the calculation of pile capacity in Bangkok clays. The designed pile is a bored pile diameter of 0.5 m with pile tip...
Adisorn O.
Mar 2, 20231 min read


CALCULATION OF ULTIMATE LOAD ON PILE: PART 1 - ANALYTICAL METHOD
There are two standard ways to estimate the capacity of the pile (Coduto, 2001). 1. Static or dynamic pile load test 2. Analytical...
Adisorn O.
Mar 2, 20231 min read
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