Abstract
The principal intent of this paper was to propose a new quay wall system, whose validity was verified; to play the same role of the existing diaphragm quay wall at East Port Said Port in Egypt as an optimum quay wall. Firstly, the background information of the proposed Open Cell Sheet Pile (OCSP) was introduced. Then, a parametric study was conducted including 24 cases using soil constitutive Hardening Soil Model (HSM) by the PLAXIS 3D Finite Element Software. The behavior of the proposed system was presented graphically, and the effectiveness of the OCSP system was found satisfactory with the possibility to increase the seabed depth in front of the wall up to four meters. The system also was consisted of a bored piles group to carry the heavy loads generated by the gantry crane. Finally, the construction cost of the OCSP was compared to the existing quay wall structure system for evaluating the system design optimization.
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