Ground Anchors and Soil Nails in Retaining Structures

  • Ilan Juran
  • Victor Elias
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Abstract

Ground anchor and soil nail retaining systems are designed to stabilize and support natural and engineered structures and to restrain their movement using tension-resisting elements. The basic design concept consists of transferring the resisting tensile forces generated in the inclusions into the ground through the friction (or adhesion) mobilized at the interfaces. These systems allow the engineer to efficiently use the in-situ ground in providing vertical or lateral structural support. They present significant technical advantages over conventional rigid gravity retaining walls or external bracing systems that result in substantial cost savings and reduced construction period. Therefore, during the past few decades, ground anchors, and more recently soil nails, have been increasingly used in civil engineering projects.

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Earth Pressure Diaphragm Wall Sheet Pile Bond Zone Soil Nail 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ilan Juran
    • 1
  • Victor Elias
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Civil Environmental EngineeringBrooklyn Polytechnic UniversityUSA
  2. 2.V. Elias & Associates, P.A. Consulting EngineersAustralia

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