Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail

An investigation into the pullout response of helical soil nail using finite element subroutine Plaxis 2D is presented. The numerical modelling of actual pullout response is achieved by axisymmetric and horizontal loading condition. The effect of varying number of helical plates, helical plate spaci...

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Main Authors: Saurabh Rawat, Ashok Kumar Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775516301615
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description An investigation into the pullout response of helical soil nail using finite element subroutine Plaxis 2D is presented. The numerical modelling of actual pullout response is achieved by axisymmetric and horizontal loading condition. The effect of varying number of helical plates, helical plate spacing and helical plate diameter is studied to understand the pullout capacity behaviour. The failure surfaces for various helical soil nail configurations and their pullout mechanisms are also analysed and discussed. The pullout capacity is found to increase with increase in number of helical plates. The helical plate spacing ratio (s/Dh) and diameter ratio (Dh/Ds) are found to increase the pullout only up to a critical value. The response of helical soil nail using axisymmetric finite element simulation is found similar to the uplift behaviour of helical piles and helical soil anchors. In the absence of literature regarding numerical modelling of helical soil nail, simulation results are validated with uplift responses of helical piles and soil anchors. A good agreement in their comparative study for pullout response is also observed.
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spelling doaj.art-39ccb091d7d541f9b6c8b3de96f709002022-12-22T03:46:33ZengElsevierJournal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering1674-77552017-08-019464865810.1016/j.jrmge.2017.01.007Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nailSaurabh RawatAshok Kumar GuptaAn investigation into the pullout response of helical soil nail using finite element subroutine Plaxis 2D is presented. The numerical modelling of actual pullout response is achieved by axisymmetric and horizontal loading condition. The effect of varying number of helical plates, helical plate spacing and helical plate diameter is studied to understand the pullout capacity behaviour. The failure surfaces for various helical soil nail configurations and their pullout mechanisms are also analysed and discussed. The pullout capacity is found to increase with increase in number of helical plates. The helical plate spacing ratio (s/Dh) and diameter ratio (Dh/Ds) are found to increase the pullout only up to a critical value. The response of helical soil nail using axisymmetric finite element simulation is found similar to the uplift behaviour of helical piles and helical soil anchors. In the absence of literature regarding numerical modelling of helical soil nail, simulation results are validated with uplift responses of helical piles and soil anchors. A good agreement in their comparative study for pullout response is also observed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775516301615Finite elementHelical soil nailPullout responsePlate spacingPlate diameterFailure mechanism
spellingShingle Saurabh Rawat
Ashok Kumar Gupta
Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail
Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Finite element
Helical soil nail
Pullout response
Plate spacing
Plate diameter
Failure mechanism
title Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail
title_full Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail
title_fullStr Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail
title_full_unstemmed Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail
title_short Numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail
title_sort numerical modelling of pullout of helical soil nail
topic Finite element
Helical soil nail
Pullout response
Plate spacing
Plate diameter
Failure mechanism
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