<p>This document presents information on the analysis, design, and construction of permanent soil nail walls in highway applications. The main objective is to provide practitioners in this field with sound and simple methods and guidelines that will allow ...

Proposed Specifications for LRFD Soil-Nailing Design and Construction contains proposed specifications for the design and construction of soil-nailed retaining structures.

This report includes the proposed design provisions and an example of the determination of the design loads on a sound barrier using the proposed specifications. The proposed specifications included in this report has been prepared assuming that the design ...

This report explores recommended changes to Section 10 of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Load Resistance Factor Design Bridge Design Specifications for the strength limit state design of shallow foundations.

<p>The primary goal of this report was to develop Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methods for slopes and retaining structures. Even though there is past research on LRFD of shallow foundations and piles, there are very few publications available on ...

Significant research has been performed in recent years to develop load and resistance factor design (LRFD) methods for geotechnical applications. However, one lacking aspect of this work is application to design of earth slopes, including consideration of ...

The primary goal of this report was to develop Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methods for slopes and retaining structures. Even though there is past research on LRFD of shallow foundations and piles, there are very few publications available on LRFD ...

<p>This Reference Manual is intended principally to serve as a supplement to the Participant&rsquo;s Workbook for the FHWA&rsquo;s National Highway Institute Course on Load and Resistance Factor Design for Highway Bridge Substructures. The Reference Manual ...

Worldwide, there is growing interest in the development of a rational reliability-based geotechnical design code. The reasons for this interest are at least two-fold; first, geotechnical engineers face significantly more uncertainties than those faced in other ...

The purpose of this Circular is to assist both structural and geotechnical engineers to better understand the calibration process and what information is required to perform such calibrations. The Circular describes how such calibration efforts need to be ...