ADVANCED COURSE ON SOIL SLOPE STABILITY. VOLUME II: SLOPE STABILITY MANUAL

The purpose of this manual is to provide engineers and geologists involved in highway design and construction with a common understanding and approach to slope stability analysis for highway projects. The material encompasses general highway slope stability concepts, engineering geology principles, groundwater principles, geologic site explorations, soil testing and interpretation, slope stability concepts, stabilization methods, instrumentation and monitoring, design documents, and construction inspection.

• Corporate Authors:

  Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Incorporated

  303 Second Street, Suite 700 North
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94107

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Technology Applications, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Abramson, L
  • Boyce, G
  • Lee, T
  • Sharma, S
• Publication Date: 1993-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 245 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Documents; Engineering geology; Exploration; Groundwater; Highway design; Inspection; Instrumentation; Manuals; Monitoring; Road construction; Slope stability; Soil stabilization; Soil tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Construction inspection; Geological explorations
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00720075
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SA-94-006
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 2 1996 12:00AM