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Soil nails are mainly designed for stabilization of major slips. How should designer cater for the stability of minor slips?

There are some methods to treat minor slips:

(i) Adoption of smaller diameter size bars at closer spacing;

(ii) Installation of tie beams at the same horizontal levels;

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(iii) Provision of steel wire meshes in-between soil nails; and

(iv) Provision of short soil nails in combination of long soil nails.

This question is taken from book named – A Self Learning Manual – Mastering Different Fields of Civil Engineering Works (VC-Q-A-Method) by Vincent T. H. CHU.

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