Geotechnical slope analysis

✍ Scribed by Flentje, Phil; Chowdhury, Robin; Bhattacharya, Gautam

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 774
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Aims and overview : slopes, geology, and materials -- Basic geotechnical concepts -- Performance indicators and basic probability concepts -- Limit equilibrium methods I : planar failure surfaces -- Limit equilibrium methods II : slip surfaces and beyond critical equilibrium -- Stress-deformation analyses and their role in slope analysis -- Natural slope analysis considering initial stresses -- Plasticity and shear band analyses : a brief review -- Earthquake effects and seismic slope analysis -- Probabilistic approaches and reliability analyses -- Case study of urban slope stability -- Summing up.;1 Aims and overview - slopes, geology and materials1.1 Introduction1.2 Overview of recent developments and trends1.2.1 Increasing frequency and impact of disasters from slope failures and landslides1.2.2 Climate change, global warming and sea level rise1.2.3 Built slopes - lessons from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Katrina1.2.4 New developments related to slope analysis1.2.5 Importance of probabilistic analysis1.2.6 GIS-based methods and analyses1.2.7 Assessments concerning very large landslides1.2.8 Landslide frequency related to magnitude1.2.9 Assessing regional landslide susceptibil.

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
About the Author......Page 26
Preface......Page 28
Acknowledgments......Page 32
Preface to the first edition......Page 34
Chapter 1. Aims and overview - slopes, geology and materials......Page 36
Chapter 2. Basic geotechnical concepts......Page 88
Chapter 3. Performance indicators and basic probability concepts......Page 146
Chapter 4. Limit equilibrium methods I - planar failure surfaces......Page 196
Chapter 5. Limit equilibrium methods II - general slip surfaces and beyond critical equilibrium......Page 258
Chapter 6. Stress-deformation analyses and their role in slope analysis......Page 356
Chapter 7. Natural slope analysis considering initial stresses......Page 398
Chapter 8. Plasticity and shear band analyses - a brief review......Page 438
Chapter 9. Earthquake effects and seismic slope analysis......Page 472
Chapter 10. Probabilistic approaches and reliability analyses......Page 528
Chapter 11. Case studies of urban slope stability......Page 622
Chapter 12. Summing up......Page 670
Appendix I: Shear strength parameters of residual soils, weathered rocks and related minerals......Page 680
Appendix II: Slope stability charts and their use for different conditions including rapid draw down......Page 684
Appendix III. Morgenstern nad Price approach - some additional partiulars......Page 712
References......Page 718
Permissions......Page 748
Subject index......Page 750
Colour plates......Page 756
Back cover......Page 774

✦ Subjects

Geoteknik;Sluttningar;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Civil--General;Slopes (Soil mechanics);Electronic books;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General