Cost-Effective and Sustainable Road Slope Stabilization and Erosion Control (2012) / Chapter Skim
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41 CHAPTER FIVE MECHANICAL STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES way) is limited.
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42 ing walls with free-draining compacted backfill can be designed and constructed more efficiently than those using poor-quality, cohesive backfill soils. In either case, a drainage system should be installed behind the wall (Anderson et al.
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43 been placed inside the gabion basket, horizontal and vertical wire support ties are used to achieve the reported strength. Gabion walls are composed of stacked gabion baskets and are considered unbound structures.
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44 Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina (Simac et al.
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45 Shah, B.H., Field Manual of Slope Stabilization, United Nations Development Program, Pakistan, Sep. 2008 [Online]
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46 Wilson-Musser, S
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47 the ground surface deep enough to penetrate into a stable region. The technique was developed in the United Kingdom to avoid the need to excavate and construct a working platform from which traditional soil nails could be drilled and grouted in place.
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48 FIGURE 40 A soil nail launcher mounted on an excavator installing nails on an unstable fill slope below a road (USDA Forest Service 1994)
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