Sheet Pile Wall Planning via Automated Component Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
The planning of sheet pile wall sections is cumbersome due to the vast number of components and their varying dimensions, requiring civil engineers to manually sift through extensive brochures and handbooks for suitable components and layouts.
Innovation Solution
A computer-based method using a user-oriented network to input constructional parameters, accessing a database with component and layout data, to determine suitable components and layouts based on technical characteristics, prioritizing strength and weight efficiency, and providing users with relevant information and supplier details.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If manual planning methods using brochures and handbooks are used, then engineers can access component information, but the selection process becomes extremely time-consuming and complex due to the vast number of components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of searching through physical brochures and handbooks with an automated computer-based system that electronically stores and retrieves component data, dramatically reducing planning time while maintaining full access to component information
Solution Approach 2:
The computer system serves multiple functions: storing component data, filtering based on construction parameters, determining suitable components and layouts, and providing results to users, thereby consolidating what was previously multiple separate manual tasks into a single integrated system
2Adaptability or versatility
If the number of sheet pile wall components is increased to cover various purposes, then more suitable components are available, but the complexity of selection increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The computer system acts as an intermediary between the vast database of available components and the engineer's selection needs, automatically filtering and narrowing down options based on input construction parameters to present only suitable components, thereby managing complexity without reducing variety
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses construction parameters as filtering criteria to dynamically change the parameter space of available components, transforming the overwhelming variety of all possible components into a manageable subset that matches the specific project requirements
3Reliability
If engineers manually determine suitable components from extensive component lists, then comprehensive evaluation is possible, but productivity decreases due to the cumbersome process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual evaluation processes with automated computer-based determination that systematically compares construction parameters against stored technical characteristics, maintaining reliable component suitability assessment while dramatically improving planning efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The computer system performs self-service by automatically determining suitable components and layouts without requiring manual intervention for each evaluation, thereby increasing productivity while maintaining the reliability of comprehensive technical assessment
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AI summary
A method is provided for planning sheet pile wall sections via a user-oriented network—in particular, the Internet—in which at least technical characteristics of a suitable component for the layout of a sheet pile wall section and/or the layout of a sheet pile wall section itself are determined for the user by a computer system. The method comprises the steps of: (a) entering at least two constructional parameters of the sheet pile wall section, via the user-oriented network, into the computer system, within which various data of components for the layout of a sheet pile wall section, data of layouts for sheet pile wall sections, and technical characteristics of the components and the layouts are stored in a database of the computer system; (b) determining at least one suitable component and/or at least one suitable layout, via the computer system, on the basis of the entered construction parameters and the technical characteristics stored in the database; and (c) providing the user with the data of the component and/or layout determined in step (b) and the technical characteristics of the determined component and/or the layout, via the user-oriented network.