The document discusses suitable types of slopes and soils for soil nailing. Slopes with cohesive soils like clay and good drainage systems are suitable, while slopes with granular soils or without proper drainage are not. The nails must be properly designed and spaced to stabilize the ground mass, and on rotational slopes the nails must extend beyond any potential failure surface. Soil nailing can reinforce natural or excavated slopes by inserting tendons connected to a facing system for surface stability.
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Soil Nailing: Type of Slope Suitable For
The document discusses suitable types of slopes and soils for soil nailing. Slopes with cohesive soils like clay and good drainage systems are suitable, while slopes with granular soils or without proper drainage are not. The nails must be properly designed and spaced to stabilize the ground mass, and on rotational slopes the nails must extend beyond any potential failure surface. Soil nailing can reinforce natural or excavated slopes by inserting tendons connected to a facing system for surface stability.
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Type of Soil
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Slope with cohesive soil Smaller surface runoff like clay Shear resistance of soil against Slope with granular soil slippage are not suitable for soil Low pressure can prevent the nailing nail to drop
TYPE OF SLOPE SUITABLE FOR Proper facility provided
SOIL NAILING Slope with good drainage system
build Slope with good surface runoff Design of soil nailing systems
proper dimensioning of nail spacing,
length, and inclination to assure that the ground mass is stabilized. When used to secure a rotational- Soil nailing can be used : type slide, the nails must be secured On natural or excavated slopes, well beyond any potential failure where the slope is reinforced by the surface. insertion of tendons. The nails address the global slope stability, which are connected in turn to a facing system which provides surficial stability