ANTICIPATION OF BEHAVIOR AND ESTIMATION OF FAILURE OF CUT SLOPES UNDER RAINFALL

The most uncertain factor in the slope failure is to porewater pressure developing in the slope. In the case of cuttings or natural slopes, the soil composition and the seepage path of rain water are too complicated for analysis using a simplified model. Results show that the rise in water table is proportional to the amount of rainfall and the drop in water table may be regarded as a function of only the water table at a given time point. From this it follows that the water table observation can reveal the water level fluctuation characteristic and that the critical rainfall can be estimated through stability analysis of slope.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Saito, M
  • Uezawa, H
  • IMAI, S
• Publication Date: 1969-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 13-19
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Forecasting; Pore water pressures; Rain; Slope failure; Soil mechanics; Technology; Water table
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033134
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1973 12:00AM