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Effects Of Frost Heave On A Soil Nail Wall In Brunswick, Maine, Sandra Mcrae Duchesne
Effects Of Frost Heave On A Soil Nail Wall In Brunswick, Maine, Sandra Mcrae Duchesne
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Soil nail walls have been used as retaining structures worldwide since the early 1970s. The technology is particularly well suited for constructing walls in areas with limited overhead clearance and maneuvering room for heavy equipment, such as highway bridge underpasses. However, designers have been reluctant to experiment with soil nailing in areas with cold-weather climates and frost-susceptible soils, due to the lack of quantifiable data on the behavior of these walls when subjected to freezing conditions. The University of Maine collaborated with the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) in a research initiative on the first soil nail wall project in …