INVESTIGATION INTO SLOPE MOVEMENTS

IN THE CIRCULAR ARC METHOD OF STABILITY ANALYSIS THE DETAILS OF THE STRATIFICATION AFFECT THE SLOPE OF THE SLIP SURFACE IN NONUNIFORM SUBSOILS. WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORGENSTERN--PRICE METHOD, THE DIFFICULTY LIES THEN NOT IN THE ANALYSIS BUT IN SECURING ADEQUATE INFORMATION ABOUT SUBSOIL CONDICTIONS. A SECOND TYPE OF PROBLEM ARISES WHEN THE SLOPE HAS AN ADEQUATE SAFETY WITH RESPECT TO FAILURE AND IT IS DESIRABLE TO KNOW THE MAGNITUDE OF MOVEMENTS THAT WILL OCCUR DURING AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION. COMPUTERIZED FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ANALYZE THIS PROBLEM, WHICH IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE OF STABILITY ANALYSIS. BOTH THESE PROBLEMS ARE UNDER STUDY IN A COOPERATIVE VENTURE BETWEEN OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 36-39, 3 FIG, 4 REF
• Authors:
  • Wu, T H
• Conference:
  • Ohio Highway Engineering Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Finite element method; Motion; Slope stability; Slopes; Stability analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Circular arc analysis; Finite elements
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230086
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1972 12:00AM