Soil Nails

System Description

Dywidag Soil Nails offer a rapid and economical alternative to traditional construction methods used in the stabilisation of slopes and battered cuttings. Available for both temporary or permanent works, Dywidag Soil Nails provide an in-situ reinforcement to strengthen existing ground.

Solid Threadbar Soil Nails:
GEWI ® -Steel high yield threadbar to BS 4449. Suitable for installation where open hole drilling and grouting is possible.

Self-Drilling Hollow Core Nails:
A hollow core bar with a continuous rolled thread. Suited to applications where open hole drilling is not possible, i.e. cohesionless soils.

Corrosion Protection:
Galvanizing of threadbar to BS 729, components sherardized to BS 4921.
Epoxy Coating to BS 7295 Part 1.
Double Corrosion Protection to BS 8081: factory pregrouted encapsulation of steel threadbar within corrugated sheathing.

Sacrificial Corrosion Protection applicable to self drilling hollow core nails. Ensures that sufficient residual section of steel remains to act as reinforcement.

Bearing Plates:

For face retention. Available as flat bearing or articulating. Range of sizes, choice of protective coatings.


Stressing Services/Equipment:

On-site acceptance testing. Long term load monitoring. Hydraulic stressing jacks 100 5000 kN. Torque wrenches.


Accessories:

Grout Tubing, Packers, Tapered Washers, Fabric Borehole Liners, Couplers.


Application

  • Slope Stabilisation
  • Road Widening
  • Temporary Excavations

GEWI ®-Steel High Yield Threadbar

Nominal Bar Diameter mm1620252832405063.5
Steel Grade N/mm2500/600555/700
Diameter Over Threads mm
Left-hand thread
1923293236455669
Cross Sectional Area mm2201314491616804126019603167
Ultimate Strength kN12118829537048275611762217
Yield Strength kN1001572453084026309801758
Weight kg/m1.582.473.854.836.319.8715.4024.80
Pregrouted Sheathing (o.d.)50505050566588110

GEWI ® Plus-Steel High Yield Threadbar

Nominal Bar Diameter mm1822252830354357.563.5
Steel Grade N/mm2670/800
Diameter over ribs212529323439486369
Cross Sectional Area mm2254380491616707962145225973167
Ultimate Strength kN204304393493565770116220772543
Yield Strength kN17025532941347464597317402122
Weight kg/m2.002.983.854.835.557.5511.4020.3824.80
Pregrouted Sheathing (o.d.)50505050566580100100

Self-Drilling Hollow Core Nail

Drill Rod Diameter (o.d.) mm R25N R32N R32S R38N R51L R51N
Cross Sectional Area mm2 300 430 500 750 900 1050
Ultimate Strength kN 200 280 360 500 500 800
Yield Strength kN 150 230 280 400 450 630
Weight kg/m 2.6 3.6 4.2 6.0 7.5 8.4
Drill Bit Sheathing 42
51
51
76
51
76
76
90
102
115
102
115
Left-hand thrad ISO 1719 ISO 1720
Drill Bits: Range of drill bits to suit ground conditions. Larger diameters available.
Couplers: Suitable for rotary percussion. Unique internal thread arrangement enables direct contact between drill rods, ensuring efficient transfer of energy to drill bit.