Abstract: Soil nailing is a technique commonly used as a temporary or permanent earth-retention system in soft soils. Habitually, the design of a soil nailing focuses on its performance at failure and computing a safety factor, thus ...

Abstract: Rock abrasivity is the main factor that causes erosion of excavation tools and is usually quantified by the Cerchar Abrasivity Index (CAI). Although Cerchar abrasivity tests are easy to perform, they are time consuming and ...