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FHWA Design and Analysis of Soil-Nail Walls Abdulrahman Alhabshi

Texas Tech University

This spreadsheet was developed based on the FHWA Method presented in Publication No. FHWA A-SA-96-069R
Please use this spreadsheet along with Charts provided in the above report

Prepared by: hybridwall

Title Example from FHWA-RD-89-193

Date January 3,2006

Units EN

Soil Parameters

Soil Type Medium dense sand and silty sand/sand silt

Ultimate Bond Stress (pullout), Qu 7.0 - 11.0 psi Soil Types
Select Qu 21.7 psi = 4090 lbs/ft for DGC = 5 in
g 120 pcf Non-plastic silt
fu 36 0 Medium dense sand and silty s
Cu 180 psf Dense silty sand and gravel
Back Slope, b 0 0 Very dense silty sand and grav
Broken Slope No 10 10
Stiff Clay
Wall Parameters Stiff Clayey Silt
Stiff Sandy Clay
H 40 ft ###
Face Batter, h 0 0 ###
SV 5 ft ###
SH 5 ft ###
Soil Nail Inclination, a 15 0 ###
Drill Hole Diameter, DGC 5 in D [in] A [in2]
Bar # 8 1 0.79
Surcharge Load No

Nail Head Strength Factors

Step 1: Set Up Critical Design Cross-Section

1- Simplified design-charts for preliminary design

Failure Mode
Load Combination (AASHTO) Group I Group I
Ff 1.35 Facing Flexure
FC 1.35 Facing Punching Shear
fD = tan-1(tanfu/Ff) 28.3
CD = CU/(FC gH) 0.028 ASTM A 307 Bolt
ASTM A 325 Bolt
2- Determine the required nominla nail strength, TNN

TD (check Figs. 4.27-4.34) pg176-183 0.24 tanfD CD b h

TNN = TD [gHSVSH) / aNN 52364 lbs 0.54 0.03 0 0
Group I
3- Select Bar # Nail Head Strength
Nail Tendon Tensile Strength
Grade (FY) 60 ksi Ground-Grout Pullout Resistan
Area required (AB) = TNN/FY 0.87 in2 D [in] A [in2] Soil
Bar # 8 1 0.79 Soil-Temporary Construction C

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4- Compute the dimensionless nail pullout resistance, QD

Welded Wire Reinforcement
QD = aQQU / (gSVSH) 0.682 Metric
102x102 - MW09xMW09
102x102 - MW13xMW13
5 - Determine nail length, L 102x102 - MW19xMW19
102x102 - MW26xMW26
TD / QD 0.35 tanfD CD 152x152 - MW09xMW09
L/H (check Figs. 4.27-4.34) pg176-183 0.75 0.54 0.03 152x152 - MW13xMW13
L 30.0 152x152 - MW19xMW19
152x152 - MW26xMW26
Step 2: Compute the Allowable Nail Head Loads

Wall Type Temporary

Shortcrete Facing Thickness, hc 4 in
f c' 4 ksi A [in2/ft] Wt. [lbs/ft2]
Reinforcement 6x6 - W2.9xW2.9 0.058 2.05
Vertical Bearing bars Yes A [in2] D [in]
Bar No. 3 2x 3 0.22 0.375
Spacing 300
Horizontal Waler bars Yes A [in2]
Bar No. 3 2x 3 0.22
Spacing 300
Bearing Plate Dimension [W x L] 8 in where; W = L SV
Bearing Plate Thickness [t] 1 in SH
7/8 x 5 3/16
Stud Diameter 22

1- Determine the nail head strength

A - Facing Flexure
A-1 Compute negative and positive nominal unit moment, mv,neg and mv,pos Facing Thickness
mv,neg 0.98 in-kip/in Asneg 0.510 in2 Metric (mm)
mv,neg 0.57 in-kip/in Aspos 0.290 in2 ###
CF (Table 4.2 pg 104) 2.0 ###
A-2 Determine the critical nominal nail head strength, TFN ###
TFN 25 kips
Dimension of Stock Size Head
B - Facing Punching Shear Metric
D'c 12 in 1/4 x 2 11/16
B-1 The nominal shear stress, VN 1/4 x 4 1/8
VN 38.1 kips 3/8 x 4 1/8
CF (Table 4.2 pg 104) 2.5 Ac [in2] AGC [in2] 3/8 x 6 1/8
Dc 16 in 2.01E+02 1.96E+01 1/2 x 2 1/8
B-2 The critical nominal nail head strength, TFN 1/2 x 3 1/8
TFN 44 kips 1/2 x 4 1/8
1/2 x 5 5/16
C - Headed-Stud Tension 1/2 x 6 1/8
The nominal nail head strength associated with headed-stud, TFN 1/2 x 8 1/8
TFN 91 5/8 x 2 11/16
5/8 x 6 9/16
Shortcrete Facing 5/8 x 8 3/16
Failure Mode Nominal Strength Allowable Load 3/4 x 3 3/16
TFN TF 3/4 x 3 11/16
Facing Flexure 25 17 kips 3/4 x 4 3/16
Facing Punching 44 29 kips 3/4 x 5 3/16
ASTM A 325 Bolt 3/4 x 6 3/16
3/4 x 7 3/16
3/4 x 8 3/16

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7/8 x 3 11/16
Step 3: Minimum Allowable Nail Head Service Load Check 7/8 x 4 3/16
7/8 x 5 3/16
KaC 0.260 7/8 x 6 3/16
tF 15.6 < 17 7/8 x 7 3/16
OK - The estimated nail head service load does not exceed the allowable nail head load 7/8 x 8 3/16

Step 4: Define the Allowable Nail Load Support Diagam

1- Allowable Pullout Resistance, Q 2.0 kips/ft

2- Allowable Nail Tendon Load, TN 26.1 kips No Surcharge
3- Allowable Nail Head Load, TF 16.6 kips tF

Allowable Nail Load Support Diagram

27kips
3kips/ft
3kips/ft
17kips QD/(L/H)
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Step 5: Select trial spacings and lengths ###

Use varying nail lengths No 2.2 ft ###

1
QD/(L/H) 0.91 ###
R 0.31 2
increment
n
No. of soil nails (n) 8 1.72 ft
Nail No.
Nail No Trial Length X Rx L Dist. ###
1 30.0 37.8 1.00 30.0 ###
2 30.0 32.8 1.00 30.0 ###
3 30.0 27.8 1.00 30.0 ###
4 30.0 22.8 1.00 30.0 ###
5 30.0 17.8 0.92 30.0 ###
6 30.0 12.8 0.75 30.0 ###
7 30.0 7.8 0.58 30.0 ###
8 30.0 2.8 0.41 30.0

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H 20

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0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00 40.00
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Step 6: Tension ditribution along nails

T2 T1
Q(X3) T
T3 Q(X1)

T0
X3 X2 X1

x
L = X1+X2+X3

Nail # X (ft) T (kips) T1 (kips) T2 (kips) T3 (kips) X3

1 14.8 26.1 26 26 17 ###
2 16.4 26.1 26 26 17 ###
3 18 26.1 26 26 17 ###
4 18.8 26.1 26 26 17 ###
5 20.8 26.1 26 26 17 ###
6 22 26.1 26 26 17 ###
7 24 26.1 26 26 17 ###
8 26.4 24.0 26 26 17 ###

Step 7: Check the upper cantilever

d = (2/3) f' 24.0 0

KaC 0.235

Sheat Check
Shear force v1 (due to soil above 1st nail) 62.31 lbs/ft
Nominal one-way unit shear strength, VNS 1000.0 lbs/ft L1 = H1/cos(
Allowable one-way unite shear, V = aFVNS 670.0 lbs/ft
v1 < V, the desing for shear is adequate

Flexure Check
ms = 1/3 (H/cos(h)) v1 50.022 lbs-ft/ft
Allowable one-way unit moment, M=aFmv,NEG 657.77 lbs-ft/ft
ms < M, the desing for flexure is adequate

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