SOIL NAILING

GUIDE BY
Ms JAMSHEER P

PRESENTED BY
KRISHNAPRASAD C
S5 CIVIL 1
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OVER VIEW
INTRODUCTION
APPLICATIONS
HISTORY OF SOIL NAILING
TYPES OF SOIL NAILIG
COMPONENTS OF A SOIL NAIL WALL
MATERIALS USED FOR SOIL NAILING
MACHINERIES USED
PROCEDURE OF SOIL NAILING
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION
Used to reinforce and strengthen existing ground.
Installing closely spaced bars into a slope or excavation.
It is an effective and economical method.
Act as a retaining wall for excavation support.

SOIL NAILING
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APPLICATIONS
Landslide Remediation
Railway embankments
Roadway widening under existing bridges
Stabilizing of existing retaining walls
Highway embankments and cuttings
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APPLICATIONS

Stabilization of Highway cut slope

Tunnel portals in steep slopes

Stabilization of Railroad

Stabilization of steep slopes

HISTORY OF SOIL NAILING

New Austrian Tunneling Method in 1960.
underground tunnel in Europe in 1970.
modern form was in France in 1972.
The United States first used soil nailing in 1976.

TYPES OF NAILS USED

Drilled and Grouted Soil Nail
Driven Soil Nails
Self Drilling Soil Nails

COMPONENTS OF A SOIL NAIL WALL

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MATERIALS USED FOR

SOIL NAILING
Steel Reinforcements
Grout Mix
Shotcreting / Gunite
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MATERIALS USED FOR SOIL NAILING

Reinforcements used in Soil Nailing

Grout Mix

Shotcreting

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MACHINERIES USED
Drilling Equipments
Grout Mixing Equipments
Shotcreting/ Guniting Equipments
Compressor

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MACHINERIES USED

Typical drilling equipment

Shotcreting is done using a pipe

Grout Mixing Instrument

compressor

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PROCEDURE OF SOIL NAILING

Excavate small cut
Drill hole for nail
Install & grout nail
Place drainage strips, initial shotcrete layer & install

bearing plates
Repeat process to final grade
Place final facing on permanent walls

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CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCES

INITIAL EXCAVATION

DRILLING OF HOLES 15

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCES (CONT..)

NAIL INSTALLATION
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CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCES (CONT..)

PLACE REINFORCEMENT AND DRAINAGE

SHOTCRETING AND INSTALLING BEARING

PLATES
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CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCES (CONT..)

REPEAT STEPS TO FINAL SUBGRADE

PERMANENT FACING

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ADVANTAGES
Shotcrete facing is less costly
Grouting only once is required, saving time and labor.
The technique is flexible, easily modified.
Less impact on nearby properties
Can be used for strengthening of either natural slope, natural or man-

made cut slopes

Allow excellent working space in front of the excavation face,
Rapid and uses less construction materials
Economical
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CONCLUSION
Soil nailing is a potential solution of landslide problems.
Economical and also applicable in seismic zones.
It can be used in wide soil types.

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REFERENCES
1. http://www.deepexcavation.com/en/soil-nail-wall
2. http://www.moretrench.com/b_literature_article.php
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_nailing
4. Manual for Design and Construction Monitoring of Soil

Nail walls, US Department of Transportation, Federal

Highway Administration.
5. Guide to Soil Nail Design and Construction, Geotechnical
Engg Office, Civil Engineering and Development
Department, The Government of the Hong Kong.

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