Technical Report Documentation Page

1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No.

FHWA-IF-99-015
4. Title and Subtitle 4. Report Date
June 1999
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING CIRCULAR NO. 4
6. Performing Organization Code:
Ground Anchors and Anchored Systems

7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No.

P.J. Sabatini, D.G. Pass, R.C. Bachus
9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No.(TRAIS)
GeoSyntec Consultants
1100 Lake Hearn Drive 11. Contract or Grant No.
Atlanta, Georgia DTFH61-94-C-00099
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13 Type of Report and Period Covered
Office of Bridge Technology
Federal Highway Administration Technical Manual
HIBT, Room 3203 14. Sponsoring Agency Code
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington D.C. 20590
15. Supplementary Notes
Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative: Chien-Tan Chang (HIBT)
FHWA Technical Consultants: Jerry DiMaggio (HIBT), Richard Cheney (HIBT)
16. Abstract:
This document presents state-of-the-practice information on the design and installation of cement-
grouted ground anchors and anchored systems for highway applications. The anchored systems
discussed include flexible anchored walls, slopes supported using ground anchors, landslide
stabilization systems, and structures that incorporate tiedown anchors.

This document draws extensively from the FHWA-DP-68-IR (1988) design manual in describing
issues such as subsurface investigation and laboratory testing, basic anchoring principles, ground
anchor load testing, and inspection of construction materials and methods used for anchored systems.
This document provides detailed information on design analyses for ground anchored systems.
Topics discussed include selection of design earth pressures, ground anchor design, design of
corrosion protection system for ground anchors, design of wall components to resist lateral and
vertical loads, evaluation of overall anchored system stability, and seismic design of anchored
systems. Also included in the document are two detailed design examples and technical
specifications for ground anchors and for anchored walls.

17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement

Ground anchors, soldier beam and lagging No Restrictions. This document is available to the
walls, limit equilibrium, earth pressures, axial public from the National Technical Information
capacity, tiedowns, seismic design, contracting, Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161
specifications

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