THE BEHAVIOR OF STATISTICALLY HETEROGENEOUS EXCAVATED EARTH SLOPES

The computer program which was originally developed for evaluating the behavior of earth slopes has been modified, extended, and further tested and documented. The program can now handle soil excavation problems, embankment problems, and in-plane elasticity problems. The constituent materials in each of these problem types may be layered in horizontal layers and taken as deterministic or statistically heterogeneous. The program uses an incremental procedure in the simulation of earthwork excavation or filling and thereby solves nonlinear problems in a piecewise linear manner.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-224 916. Prepared in cooperation with Alabama State Highway Dept., Montgomery. Bureau of Research and Development.
• Corporate Authors:

  Auburn University

  Department of Civil Engineering, Harbert Engineering Center
  Auburn, AL  United States  36849

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Alabama State Highway Department

  11 South Union Street
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130
• Authors:
  • Ramey, G E
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 181 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Earthwork; Embankments; Excavations; Fills; Heterogeneity; Highways; Mechanical elasticity; Properties of materials; Revetments; Samples; Simulation; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil mechanics; Soils
• Identifier Terms: FORTRAN (Computer program language)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil properties
• Geographic Terms: Alabama
• Old TRIS Terms: Layered system mechanics
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091545
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: HPR-67-B Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: 930-064
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 13 1975 12:00AM