QUARRY LANDSLIP - A DESIGN AID IN HIGHWAY EARTHWORKS

A major landslip took place in an abandoned quarry on the route of a new bypass. At the time of the slip the design of the road was at an advanced stage. Studies of this landslip provided valuable information to aid both the stability design of a major rock cutting and the stability assessment of the quarry face overlooking the route. This paper describes the investigation of the slip, the analyses of the findings, and their use in the designs. It concludes that the effect of time is an important consideration when studying landforms and designing slopes. For the covering abstract of te symposium see IRRD 286603. (Author/TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • From Proceedings of the Symposium on Failures in Earthworks, organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, held in London, March 6-7, 1985.
• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Wallace, W A
  • Arrowsmith, E J
• Conference:
  • From Proceedings of the Symposium on Failures in Earthworks, organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, held in London, March 6-7, 1985.
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 307-313

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Earthwork; Failure; Geology; Highway design; Landslides; Quarries; Road construction; Slope stability; Stability analysis; Time
• ITRD Terms: 5711: Bore hole; 8525: Conference; 2812: Cutting (earthworks); 9011: Design (overall design); 3653: Earthworks; 5520: Failure; 4053: Geology; 4383: Ground water; 2755: Highway; 4029: Landslide; 5124: Quarry; 2507: Rain; 5722: Site investigation; 5783: Slope stability; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00465015
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 7277 0243 2
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1988 12:00AM