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Proposed Specifications for LRFD Soil-Nailing Design and Construction (2011) / Chapter Skim
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... The main objective of the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications is to promote the use of the LRFD method and thereby realize the perceived advantages of this method over the ASD method for the design of highway bridges and substructures. Some bridge substructures components [e.g., shallow foundations, deep foundations, and mechanically stabilized earth (MSE)
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... practice; and • Obtain the necessary information from soil nail load tests to develop statistically based load and resistance factors for SNWs. 1.4 Report Organization The remainder of this report is organized as follows: • Chapter 2, Research Approach, provides a description of the methodology followed to meet the research objectives; • Chapter 3, Findings and Applications, presents: – A summary of a review of the current use of the LRFD method in geotechnical design; – A summary of a review of current soil-nailing practice, focused on the U.S.
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