INFLUENCE OF THE LEVEL OF THE WATER TABLE ON THE SAFETY COEFFICIENT OF A SLOPE

This article presents an experimental analysis of the influence of the water table in calculating the safety coefficient of a slope and the stabilising thrusts at a given section of a hypothetical highway. Using the Janbu method for the determination of slope stability (1973), a simple program has been developed for a personal computer, which enables the automatic calculation of the safety coefficient at varying levels of water table and of thrusts applied at the foot of the slope. (TRRL)

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  Permanent International Assoc of Road Congresses

  Via Andreani 4
  Milan,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • De Luise, G
• Publication Date: 1985-10

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 547-553
• Serial:
  • Strade
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 1222
  • Publisher: Casa Editrice la fiaccola
  • ISSN: 0373-2916

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coefficients; Computer programs; Personal computers; Safety; Slope stability; Slopes; Water table
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466042
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM