A simple mathematical model for soil nail and soil interaction analysis

Wan Huan Zhou, Jianhua Yin

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Abstract

Soil nails have been widely used to stabilize slopes and earth retaining structures in many countries and regions, especially, in Hong Kong. The analysis of the interaction between a soil nail and the surrounding soil is of great interests to both design engineers and researchers. In this paper, authors present a simple mathematical model for the interaction analysis of a soil nail and the surrounding soil considering a few key factors which are soil dilation, bending of the soil nail, vertical pressure, and non-linear subgrade reaction stiffness. The lateral subgrade reaction between the soil and the soil nail is assumed to obey a hyperbolic relation. Reported test data in the literature are used to verify the present model. The contributions of the soil-nail bending on the pull-out resistance are evaluated in two case studies.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)479-488
Number of pages10
JournalComputers and Geotechnics
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2008

Keywords

  • Interaction
  • Model
  • Shear resistance
  • Slope
  • Soil dilation
  • Soil nail

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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