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Performance of soil nails in Dublin glacial till

Author(s)
Menkiti, Christopher O.  
Long, Michael (Michael M.)  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3074
Date Issued
2008-12
Date Available
2011-08-08T16:22:12Z
Abstract
Soil nailing is being used in many projects in glacial tills in Ireland, particularly to provide
temporary support to steep slopes. Little design guidance is available for such materials and it
is known that application of design procedures developed for other material is conservative.
Detailed nail instrumentation and field monitoring during large scale soil nailing works for the
Dublin Port tunnel project has been undertaken. It was found that the short-term behaviour of
nails was the reverse of that assumed in current design methods. Most load was induced due
to drilling and nailing the lift immediately below the nail being monitored, rather than due to
excavation induced stress relief. The highest forces were developed in the upper nails, where
the largest ground movements occur. This is the reverse of most current design methods
where the highest soil-nail bond is assigned to the deepest nails. It would seem that the
observed short-term, pre-failure behaviour of nailed slope is governed more by the
deformation pattern of the slope rather than by large scale development of failed wedges.
Current design procedures should be reviewed. Despite this the trial confirmed that the
currently used procedures are highly conservative for Dublin glacial till.
Sponsorship
Not applicable
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
NRC Research Press
Journal
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Volume
45
Issue
12
Start Page
1685
End Page
1698
Copyright (Published Version)
2008 NRC Canada
Subjects

Soil nailing

Steep slopes

Glacial till

Suction

Design procedures

Subject – LCSH
Soil nailing--Ireland--Dublin
Drift--Ireland--Dublin
Soil nailing--Design and construction
Slopes (Soil mechanics)--Stability
DOI
10.1139/T08-084
Web versions
http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/T08-084
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0008-3674
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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