road cutting stability and the walls came tumbling down. (def lepard, 1982) d.turner march 2002
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Gabion wallsTRANSCRIPT
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Road Cutting StabilityRoad Cutting Stability
And the walls came tumbling down. (Def Lepard, 1982) D.Turner March 2002
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West portal of the Penmaenmawr A55 Road tunnel, N.Wales
West portal
scree
rhyolite
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Gabion walls
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Shotcrete( sprayed concrete )
Pattern bolting
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rock anchors steeply
dipping beds
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Cross-section
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Rock
anchors
dental masonry
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Wire nettingWhy use this
rather than rock anchors?
• free face composed of shales and minor sandstones
• soft, friable shales difficult to support with single anchor point
• netting anchored to harder, more competent sandstone units
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Concrete Sea Wall at Robin Hood’s Bay
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Retaining & rock-fall
walls
Pattern bolting
scree slope
Concrete tunnel
liningRoadside rock-
fall barrier
View of west portal
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Unsupported limestone beds dipping steeply
towards the road
Vassaliki, Greece
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