Soil Nailing: A Practical Guide

by Raymond Cheung and Ken Ho

Book Overview

Soil nailing is an in situ soil reinforcement technique that can be used to enhance the stability of slopes, retaining walls, embankments, and excavations. It involves installation of closely spaced, relatively slender unstressed tension-carrying structural elements into the ground to stabilize the soil mass. These elements, which are called soil nails, comprise steel or other engineering materials such as fiber reinforced polymer.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367713187
• ISBN13: 9780367713188
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 354 Pages