Pull-out resistance mechanism of a soil nail reinforcement in dilative soils

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-56

  Luo, S Q ^a   Tan, S A ^b   Yong, K Y ^b  

^a Presscrete Engineering Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dilatancy; Pull out mechanism; Shear resistance; Soil nail (IGC: E12)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005160183     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.40.47     Document Type: Article

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