Research Article
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Model Uncertainty in Predicting Soil Nail Loads Using Default and Modified FHWA Simplified Methods
Table 4
Design outcomes of nail length at different depths for pullout limit state.
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Note. Values in brackets are computed nail lengths that correspond to the target reliability index of 2.33; those nail lengths are increased to be 0.50 as per the requirement of FHWA soil nail wall design manual [1, 2], that is, / ≥ 0.50. |