I have a question regarding Soil Nail Walls in a high seismic region. We are trying to identify the seismic factors for such a wall. A geotechnical circular No. 7 as well as the FHWA Soil Nail Manual, utilize the equation Am = (1.45 - A)A where A is the peak ground acceleration at 10% exceedance in 50 years. This equation however has a maximum at 0.725, and our PGA is 1.25 to 1.1 (located on the San Andreas Fault, site specific spectra and USGS spectra, respectively). I am not sure if this equation truly applies in this condition. The target is to define the kh, which is a pseudo-static coefficient input into the Soil Nail programs. Refugio |
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