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The steel piles and sheet piles are one of the popular pick for retaining system and waterfront structures. This book provides a deep insight about the profiles of sheet pile structure, their applicability, configuration and combinations commonly used for construction including the details to be considered during planning, investigation, design and installation stages. Special emphasis is given for stability assessment and design of various anchorage systems according to the geotechnical condition of the site and structural requirements. Solved examples with detailed computations have been included to illustrate the design and application of various components of a sheet pile system. The book is intended to serve as a guide to the practicing engineers in the early part of his/her professional career and the civil engineering students.