TM 5-818-1 / AFM 88-3, Chap. 7
Table 14-1. Types of Walls-Continued
Typical EI
Values per foot
Name
Section
ksf
Advantages
Disadvantages
Cylinder pile
115,000-
(1) Secant piles
(1) High initial cost
wall
1,000,000
impervious
(2) Secant piles require
(2) High stiffness
special equipment
(3) Highly specialized
equipment not
needed for tangent
piles
(4) Slurry not needed
14-13
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