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    How To Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

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    The document discusses post-grouting techniques to enhance the capacity of ground anchors in soft soils. Post-grouting involves drilling a borehole, grouting it up, inserting anchor strands with a post-grouting pipe, and then conducting multiple stages of post-grouting over subsequent days. This enlarges the fixed length of the anchor and improves soil properties. Tests showed post-grouted anchors can mobilize 3 times the bond stress of conventional anchors. Post-grouting techniques allow for higher anchor loads, larger spacing between anchors, and shorter anchor lengths in constrained sites.

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    The document discusses post-grouting techniques to enhance the capacity of ground anchors in soft soils. Post-grouting involves drilling a borehole, grouting it up, inserting anchor strands with a post-grouting pipe, and then conducting multiple stages of post-grouting over subsequent days. This enlarges the fixed length of the anchor and improves soil properties. Tests showed post-grouted anchors can mobilize 3 times the bond stress of conventional anchors. Post-grouting techniques allow for higher anchor loads, larger spacing between anchors, and shorter anchor lengths in constrained sites.

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    The document discusses post-grouting techniques to enhance the capacity of ground anchors in soft soils. Post-grouting involves drilling a borehole, grouting it up, inserting anchor strands with a post-grouting pipe, and then conducting multiple stages of post-grouting over subsequent days. This enlarges the fixed length of the anchor and improves soil properties. Tests showed post-grouted anchors can mobilize 3 times the bond stress of conventional anchors. Post-grouting techniques allow for higher anchor loads, larger spacing between anchors, and shorter anchor lengths in constrained sites.

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    The document discusses post-grouting techniques to enhance the capacity of ground anchors in soft soils. Post-grouting involves drilling a borehole, grouting it up, inserting anchor strands with a post-grouting pipe, and then conducting multiple stages of post-grouting over subsequent days. This enlarges the fixed length of the anchor and improves soil properties. Tests showed post-grouted anchors can mobilize 3 times the bond stress of conventional anchors. Post-grouting techniques allow for higher anchor loads, larger spacing between anchors, and shorter anchor lengths in constrained sites.

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    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTED TECHNIQUES, A SOLUTION FOR ANCHORS Veloso, Goncalo A. Geotechnical Engineer

    Introduction S.B.M.A. Technology Post grouting Techniques and Design Investigation Tests Results Applications

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    When permanent anchorages are required on a retaining structure, the first concerns for the geotechnical engineer are the ground conditions and the anchor achievable capacity

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    We design our anchors based on the existing ground properties, not the strand capacity S.B.M.A. Single Bore Multiple Anchor system Can provide double the capacity of conventional anchors

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN As an alternative to conventional grouting techniques, anchors can be designed using post grouting techniques, enabling the enhancement of the properties of the soils and therefore increasing the capacity of the anchorages system Drill Borehole Grout up Borehole Insert anchor strands together with a post grouting pipe with manchetes (TAM)
    4 8 Hours Later

    Pre-stress Conclusion
    7 days after

    Post Grouting 2nd Stage


    Repeat if required 4 8 Hours Later

    Post Grouting 1st Stage

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN The design of a ground anchor in cohesive soils is done using the following equation (Littlejohn, 1970) :

    Tf = x D x L x x Cu
    Tf - Working Load D - Borehole Diameter L - Fixed anchor length

    - Adhesion factor

    = 0.45

    Cu - Average undrained shear strength over fixed length This means that with conventional grouting techniques in cohesive soils, less than half the clays undrained shear strength is mobilized in tension.

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN The design of a ground anchor in cohesive soils is done using the following equation (Littlejohn, 1970) :

    Tf = x D x L x x Cu
    After post grouting

    = 1.4 to 3
    This means that with post grouting techniques in cohesive soils, we can enhance the working capacity of anchors up to 3 times or more a conventionally grouted anchor.

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN Post Grouting effect:

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN Post Grouting effect:

    Enlarged fixed length diameter by post grouting

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN Post Grouting effect:

    Post Grouted fissures in stiff Clay

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN Post Grouting effect:

    Section of exhumed post grouted anchor

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    POST GROUTING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN Post Grouting effect:


    Borehole Diam = 150mm

    Max. Diam. After post grouting = 210mm

    Section of exhumed post grouted anchor

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    INVESTIGATION TESTS RESULTS Earlier this year were carried out investigation tests, to determine the behaviour of post grouted S.B.M.A. anchors compared to conventionally grouted S.B.M.A.s and determine the enhancement achieved by the use of these techniques.

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    INVESTIGATION TESTS RESULTS The results exceeded our expectations and the following results were obtained:

    For conventionally grouted S.B.M.A anchors Average bond stress mobilized: Up to 150 kN/m2 For Post grouted S.B.M.A. anchors Average bond stress mobilized: up to 450 kN/m2

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    APPLICATIONS -Installation of anchors in poor ground conditions -Reduce the number of anchors on a project by proposing to the client higher loads and larger spacing between anchors -Reduce the overall length of the anchor when space restrictions exist

    How to Enhance Ground Anchors Capacity in Soft Soils

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

    WWW.KELLER-GE.CO.UK WWW.SBMASYSTEMS.COM WWW.THEANCHORMAN.COM

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