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Ground Anchors

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Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology

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Rock anchors; Soil anchors

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Prestressed tension elements installed in drill holes to resist tension forces in the ground.

Ground anchors are installed in drill holes, usually 50–100 mm in diameter and grouted. They are actively prestressed to a properly designed tension force (Fig. 1).

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Ground anchor (By courtesy of Dywidag)

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  • Ortigao J A R & Palmeira E M (1997) Optimised design for soil nailed walls. In: Proc. 3rd Int Conf on. Ground Improvement Geosystems. T Telford, London, pp 368–374

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  • Ortigao JAR, Brito H (2004) Anchors, bolts and nails, Chap 11. In: JAR O, ASFJ S (eds) Handbook of Slope Stabilisation. Springer, Heidelberg. www.springeronline.com, 478 p

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  1. Terratek, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Alberto Ortigao

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  1. Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada Natural Resources Canada, Sidney, Ontario, Canada

    Peter Bobrowsky

  2. London, United Kingdom

    Brian Marker

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Ortigao, A. (2018). Ground Anchors. In: Bobrowsky, P., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12127-7_14-1

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