soil nailing
Soil nailing is a technique in which soil slopes, excavations or retaining walls are reinforced by the
insertion of relatively slender elements - normally steel reinforcing bars. The bars are usually installed into a pre-drilled
hole and then grouted into place or drilled and grouted simultaneously. They are usually installed
untensioned at a slight downward inclination. A rigid or flexible facing (often sprayed concrete) or isolated soil nail heads may be used at the surface. Since its first application using modern
techniques in Versailles, France in 1972,[1] soil nailing is now a well-established technique around the world. One of the first national
guideline publications for soil nailing was produced in Japan in 1987; the
See also
References
- ^ "Construction d'un mur de soutènement entre Versailles-Chantiers et Versailles-Matelots", S. Rabejac and P. Toudic, Revue générale des chemins de fer, 93ème annee, pp 232-237
- ^ FHWA Publication No. FHWA-SA-96-069, Manual for Design and Construction Monitoring of Soil Nail Walls
- ^ FHWA Publication No. FHWA-IF-03-017, Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 7- Soil Nail Walls
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