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FHWA Design For Soil-Nail Walls - SLD Method

This spreadsheet summarizes the design of a soil nail wall based on the FHWA Method. The wall is 40 feet tall with a vertical face and medium dense sandy soil parameters. Nails are 15 feet long and inclined at 10 degrees. Allowable nail loads are defined, including 26 kips tensile capacity and 17 kips for the nail head. Trial nail spacings are selected and tension is distributed along each nail. The upper cantilever is checked for shear and flexure adequacy.

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FHWA Design For Soil-Nail Walls - SLD Method

This spreadsheet summarizes the design of a soil nail wall based on the FHWA Method. The wall is 40 feet tall with a vertical face and medium dense sandy soil parameters. Nails are 15 feet long and inclined at 10 degrees. Allowable nail loads are defined, including 26 kips tensile capacity and 17 kips for the nail head. Trial nail spacings are selected and tension is distributed along each nail. The upper cantilever is checked for shear and flexure adequacy.

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FHWA Design and Analysis of Soil-Nail Walls

Abdulrahman Alhabshi
Texas Tech University

This spreadsheet was developed based on the FHWA Method presented in Publication No. FHWA A-SA-96-069R
Please use this spreadsheet along with Charts provided in the above report

Prepared by:

hybridwall

Title

Example from FHWA-RD-89-193

Date

January 3,2006

Units

EN

Soil Parameters
Soil Type
Ultimate Bond Stress (pullout), Qu
Select Qu
g
fu

Medium dense sand and silty sand/sand silt


7.0 - 11.0
psi
21.7
psi
=
4090
120
pcf
0
36

Cu

180

psf

Back Slope, b
Broken Slope

0
No

lbs/ft

10

for DGC = 5

in

10

Wall Parameters
H
Face Batter, h
SV

40
0
5

SH

ft

15
5
8
No

Soil Nail Inclination, a


Drill Hole Diameter, DGC
Bar #
Surcharge Load

ft
0

ft

in

D [in]
1

A [in2]
0.79

Step 1: Set Up Critical Design Cross-Section


1- Simplified design-charts for preliminary design
Load Combination (AASHTO)
Ff
FC

Group I
1.35
1.35

fD = tan-1(tanfu/Ff)

28.3

CD = CU/(FC gH)

0.028

2- Determine the required nominla nail strength, TNN


TD (check Figs. 4.27-4.34) pg176-183
TNN = TD [gHSVSH) / aNN

0.24
52364

lbs

60

ksi

0.87
8

in2

tanfD

CD

0.54

0.03

D [in]
1

A [in2]
0.79

3- Select Bar #
Grade (FY)
Area required (AB) = TNN/FY
Bar #

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4- Compute the dimensionless nail pullout resistance, QD


QD = aQQU / (gSVSH)

0.682

5 - Determine nail length, L


TD / QD
L/H (check Figs. 4.27-4.34) pg176-183
L

tanfD
0.54

0.35
0.75
30.0

CD
0.03

Step 2: Compute the Allowable Nail Head Loads


Wall Type
Shortcrete Facing Thickness, hc
fc '
Reinforcement
Vertical Bearing bars
Bar No.
Spacing
Horizontal Waler bars
Bar No.
Spacing
Bearing Plate Dimension [W x L]
Bearing Plate Thickness [t]
Stud Diameter

Temporary
4
4
6x6 - W2.9xW2.9
Yes
3

in
ksi

Yes
3
8
1
7/8 x 5 3/16
22

A [in2/ft]
0.058

Wt. [lbs/ft2]
2.05
A [in2]
0.22

2x

3
300

2x

3
300
where; W = L

in
in

D [in]
0.375

A [in2]
0.22

1- Determine the nail head strength


A - Facing Flexure
A-1 Compute negative and positive nominal unit moment, m v,neg and mv,pos
mv,neg

0.98

in-kip/in

Asneg

0.510

in2

mv,neg

0.57

in-kip/in

Aspos

0.290

in2

CF

2.0
A-2 Determine the critical nominal nail head strength, T FN
(Table 4.2 pg 104)

TFN

25

kips

B - Facing Punching Shear


D'c
B-1 The nominal shear stress, VN

12

in

VN

38.1
CF (Table 4.2 pg 104)
2.5
Dc
16
B-2 The critical nominal nail head strength, TFN

kips

TFN

kips

44

Ac [in2] AGC [in2]


2.01E+02 1.96E+01

in

C - Headed-Stud Tension
The nominal nail head strength associated with headed-stud, TFN
TFN
91
Shortcrete Facing
Failure Mode
Facing Flexure
Facing Punching

Nominal Strength

TFN
25
44

Allowable Load

TF
17
29

kips
kips
ASTM A 325 Bolt

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Step 3: Minimum Allowable Nail Head Service Load Check


KaC

0.260
tF
15.6
<
17
OK - The estimated nail head service load does not exceed the allowable nail head load
Step 4: Define the Allowable Nail Load Support Diagam
1- Allowable Pullout Resistance, Q
2- Allowable Nail Tendon Load, TN

2.0
26.1

kips/ft
kips

3- Allowable Nail Head Load, TF

16.6

kips

Allowable Nail Load Support Diagram


27kips
3kips/ft
3kips/ft
17kips

Step 5: Select trial spacings and lengths

Use varying nail lengths


QD/(L/H)
R
No. of soil nails (n)
Nail No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

No
0.91
0.31

2.2

1.72

Trial Length
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0

ft
1
2

X
37.8
32.8
27.8
22.8
17.8
12.8
7.8
2.8

Rx
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.92
0.75
0.58
0.41

ft
L Dist.
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0

45
40
35
30
25
H

20
15
10
5
0
-5 0

10

20

30

-10

3/5

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Step 6: Tension ditribution along nails


T2
T3

T1

Q(X3)

Q(X1)
T0

X3

X2

X1

x
L = X1+X2+X3

Nail #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

X (ft)
14.8
16.4
18
18.8
20.8
22
24
26.4

T (kips)
26.1
26.1
26.1
26.1
26.1
26.1
26.1
24.0

Step 7: Check the upper cantilever


d = (2/3) f'
KaC
Sheat Check
Shear force v1 (due to soil above 1st nail)
Nominal one-way unit shear strength, VNS
Allowable one-way unite shear, V = aFVNS

24.0
0.235

62.31
1000.0
670.0

lbs/ft
lbs/ft
lbs/ft

50.022
657.77

lbs-ft/ft
lbs-ft/ft

v1 < V, the desing for shear is adequate


Flexure Check
ms = 1/3 (H/cos(h)) v1
Allowable one-way unit moment, M=aFmv,NEG

ms < M, the desing for flexure is adequate

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T1 (kips)
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26

T2 (kips)
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26

T3 (kips)
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17

X1 =

b=

h=

H=

SV =

a=

X2 =

g=
f=
c=

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