Soil Nailing

Soil Nailing
Author: Raymond Cheung
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2021-03-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000351858

Soil nailing is an in situ soil reinforcement technique that can be used to enhance the stability of slopes, retaining walls, embankments, and excavations. It involves installation of closely spaced, relatively slender unstressed tension-carrying structural elements into the ground to stabilize the soil mass. These elements, which are called soil nails, comprise steel or other engineering materials such as fiber reinforced polymer. Soil nailing did not gain popularity until the 1970s when engineers started to realize that the technique could offer an effective, robust, and economical reinforcing system for a variety of ground conditions. More importantly, the track record has been excellent in that no major collapses have been reported in properly designed and well-constructed soil nailed structures so far. Considerable experience and knowledge of the technique have been gained in the past few decades through systematic technical development work comprising laboratory tests, numerical modeling, physical modeling, site trials and field monitoring covering design, and construction practices. Soil Nailing: A Practical Guide consolidates the experience and advances made in the development and use of the soil nailing technique and encourages a wider adoption of the technique by practitioners. The book is intended for use by postgraduate students, researchers, and practicing civil and geotechnical engineers, who wish to have a more in-depth and fundamental understanding of the theory and practice behind the technique. It presents the basic principles of the technique as well as state-of-the-art knowledge and recommended standard of good practice in respect of design, construction, monitoring, and maintenance of soil nailed structures.

Proposed Specifications for LRFD Soil-nailing Design and Construction

Proposed Specifications for LRFD Soil-nailing Design and Construction
Author: Carlos Alberto Lazarte
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2011
Genre: Load factor design
ISBN: 0309213517

This report contains proposed specifications for the design and construction of soil-nailed retaining structures. Despite their advantages in cut applications, these structures are not available to some state DOTs, due to the lack of guidance for their use in AASHTO's standard specifications based on load and resistance factor design (LRFD).

Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications

Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications
Author: Cesar Ovalles
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1351
Release: 2015-04-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1138001465

Effective measurement of the composition and properties of petroleum is essential for its exploration, production, and refining; however, new technologies and methodologies are not adequately documented in much of the current literature. Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications explores advances in the analytical methods and instrumentation that allow more accurate determination of the components, classes of compounds, properties, and features of petroleum and its fractions. Recognized experts explore a host of topics, including: A petroleum molecular composition continuity model as a context for other analytical measurements A modern modular sampling system for use in the lab or the process area to collect and control samples for subsequent analysis The importance of oil-in-water measurements and monitoring The chemical and physical properties of heavy oils, their fractions, and products from their upgrading Analytical measurements using gas chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) applications Asphaltene and heavy ends analysis Chemometrics and modeling approaches for understanding petroleum composition and properties to improve upstream, midstream, and downstream operations Due to the renaissance of gas and oil production in North America, interest has grown in analytical methods for a wide range of applications. The understanding provided in this text is designed to help chemists, geologists, and chemical and petroleum engineers make more accurate estimates of the crude value to specific refinery configurations, providing insight into optimum development and extraction schemes.

Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications

Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications
Author: Adrian R. Russell
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 907
Release: 2020-09-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000115356

This book contains the contributions to the Second European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2012, held in Napoli, Italy, in June 2012, and includes more than one hundred papers, addressing three thematic areas: experimental, modelling, and engineering.

Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures

Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures
Author: Chris R.I. Clayton
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 2014-05-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1482206617

Effectively Calculate the Pressures of SoilWhen it comes to designing and constructing retaining structures that are safe and durable, understanding the interaction between soil and structure is at the foundation of it all. Laying down the groundwork for the non-specialists looking to gain an understanding of the background and issues surrounding g

Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization

Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization
Author: Y. M. Cheng
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1466582847

Includes Recommendations for Analysis, Design Practice, Design Charts, Tables, and MoreUsing a unified approach to address a medley of engineering and construction problems, Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization: New Methods and Insight, Second Edition provides helpful practical advice and design resources for the practicing engineer. This tex

Advances in Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials

Advances in Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials
Author: Stéphane Bonelli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2011-08-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400714211

This book presents contributions to the 9th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials held in Porquerolles, France, May 23-26, 2011. This series of conferences, started in the early 1980s, is dedicated to the research on degradation and instability phenomena in geomaterials. The volume gathers a series of manuscripts by brilliant international scholars reflecting recent trends in theoretical and experimental research in geomechanics. It incorporates contributions on topics like instability analysis, localized and diffuse failure description, multi-scale modeling and applications to geo-environmental issues. This book will be valuable for anyone interested in the research on degradation and instabilities in geomechanics and geotechnical engineering, appealing to graduate students, researchers and engineers alike.