13-Colby Barrett-Advances in Design Methodology for Landslide Repair Using Launched Soil Nails.pdfVIP

Advances in Design Methodology for Landslide Repair Using Launched Soil Nails Colby Barrett1, Runing Zhang2, Ph.D., P.E., Alan Rock3 1President, Soil Nail Launcher, Inc., 2841 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501; colby@ 2Assistant Professor Department of Engineering Technology Metropolitan State College of Denver; rzhang@ 3President, Summit Peak Technologies, 6121 N Powell Rd, Parker, CO 80134; arock@ ABSTRACT: Ballistic soil nails have been used in the United States to repair shallow roadway landslides for nearly 20 years. The U.S. Forest Service/Federal Highway Administra