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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.32</doi>
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<article-title>BIOLOGIC STEP STIFFNESS SIMULATION OF<br/>
TANGENCY JOINTS ON SHEET PILE LOAD<br/>
TRANSFER INTO WATERWAY BED
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<author>AFSHIN TURK<sup>1</sup>, PAKAVACH SAMANI<sup>2</sup>, and SHABNAM GHANAVATIZADEH<sup>3</sup></author>

<aff><sup>1</sup>Dept of Dam Utilization, Ministry of Power, KWPA, Ahwaz, Iran<br/>
<sup>2</sup>Fansalar Company, Ltd., Tehran, Iran<br/>
<sup>3</sup>Dept of Biology, SC University, Ahwaz, Iran</aff>

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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>The irrigation project of Abadan will supply fresh water through the three flat dams in
the NW of the Persian Gulf. Circular cofferdam is located in the Bahmanshir River
upstream in 2007. Cell dam and ship lock walls are constructed using sheet piling and
Pipe-Pin-Micro (PPM) piles on the steel walls. Next step is required to design ship
lock concrete bed. It should have compatible behavior with the sheet walls, micro piles
and gelatin concrete. The main purpose is transfer the extra bending moment of
waterway impact from sheet walls into the concrete bed. It is mentioned that steel
walls and concrete bed will operate individually without any connections with each
other. Also, tangency joints will resolve the problems such as structural bed
connection and steel wall thermal enlargement. In addition the bed and walls must
perform independently. Artificial intelligence design (AID) will introduce a new joint
with variable stiffness to transfer the impact loads into the bed (Turk Joint, TJ).
According to the exerted load function, stiffness may be varied. In the concrete bed,
each part of members will be simulated to determine the divided forces into the steel
bars, spiral stirrups and steel pipes by step stiffness method (SSM). Concrete Bed is
free from any connection with sheet walls. Tangency joint could be installed to absorb
the variable bending moments by double cane action.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>AID, Connection, Persian Gulf, Bahmanshir River, Thermal effects, Turk
Joint.</p>
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