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US 5,044,831 AGranted
Soil nailing
AssigneeUniversity College Cardiff Consultants Limited
InventorsBernard Myles, Ronald J. Bridle, Benjamin I. G. Barr, Colin I. Campbell
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AssigneeUniversity College Cardiff Consultants Limited
InventorsBernard Myles, Ronald J. Bridle, Benjamin I. G. Barr, Colin I. Campbell
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In a method of soil nailing a soil nail is placed in the ground by being fired from a barrel of a launcher, the method including the steps of loading the nail into the barrel with the nail being a loose fit in the barrel, providing the nail with a sabot which is a sliding fit in the barrel, supporting the barrel such that a forward end of the barriel is spaced from the surface of the ground into which the nail is to be fired, admitting pressurized gas to the barrel to apply an accelerating force to the sabot so as to drive the sabot and with it the nail towards the forward end of the barrel, allowing the nail to travel towards the ground surface such that the sabot exits from the barrel thereby discontinuing the accelerating force and allowing the nail to thereafter continue travelling to penetrate and become embedded in the ground under its own momentum.
A method of soil nailing in which a soil nail is placed in the ground by being fired from a barrel of a launcher, the method including the steps of loading the nail into the barrel with the nail being a loose fit in the barrel, providing the nail with a sabot which is a sliding fit in the barrel, supporting the barrel such that a forward end of the barrel is spaced from the surface of the ground into which the nail is to be fired, admitting pressurised gas to the barrel to apply an accelerating force to the sabot so as to drive the sabot and with it the nail towards the forward end of the barrel, allowing the nail to travel towards the ground surface such that the sabot exits from the barrel thereby discontinuing the accelerating force and allowing the nail to thereafter continue travelling to penetrate and become embedded in the ground under its own momentum.
Apparatus for use in soil nailing comprising a barrel receiving in use a soil nail, support means supporting the barrel such that a forward end of the barrel is spaced from the surface of the ground, the soil nail being a loose fit in the barrel and being provided with a sabot which is slidable in the barrel, the barrel having a rearward end provided with a breech defining a firing chamber closed by the sabot, and firing means operable to admit pressurised gas to the chamber so as to apply an accelerating force to the sabot whereby in use the soil nail is accelerated towards the ground surface by the accelerating force until the sabot exits the barrel, the soil nail thereafter travelling under its own momentum to penetrate and become embedded in the ground.
A method of ground strengthening to resist shear failure in ground adjoining an excavation comprising the steps of deploying a rail means at a first location so as to span the excavation, pivotally supporting a launcher on the rail means and firing a succession of soil nails from the launcher at respectively different angles relative to the rail means such that an array of soil nails penetrates the side walls of the excavation to become embedded in the ground, moving the rail means in a direction generally at right angles to the span of the rail means to successive locations spaced along the excavation and firing further arrays of soil nails in like manner at each location.
Apparatus for use in ground strengthening to resist shear failure in ground adjoining an excavation comprising rail means for spanning the excavation, a launcher for firing soil nails, support means for pivotally supporting the launcher on the rail means such that soil nails can be fired through side walls of the excavation into the adjoining ground and translating means for moving the rail means in a direction generally at right angles to the span of the rail means to deploy the launcher at successive locations along the excavation.
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