Soil Nailing

CE 508: ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS

An Introduction to Soil Nails Design & Construction

Manideep Tummalapudi

BU Id: 247685

27th April 2015

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An Introduction to Soil Nails – Design & Construction

CE 508: Advance Soil Mechanics

Manideep Tummalapudi

Contents

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SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................. 3

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INTRODUCTION - DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOIL NAILING TECHNIQUE.................................................. 4

3.

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................................. 5

4.

ELEMENTS OF A SOIL NAIL .................................................................................................................... 7

5.

DESIGN OF SOIL NAILS ........................................................................................................................ 10

6.

CONSTRUCTION OF A SOIL NAIL ......................................................................................................... 17

7.

APPLICATIONS OF SOIL NAIL: .............................................................................................................. 21

8.

MERITS & LIMITATIONS OF SOIL NAILS............................................................................................... 22

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CASE STUDY of SOIL NAILING – INDIA................................................................................................. 23

10. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................... 31

11. REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................ 32

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

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