SLOPE INSTABILITY CAUSED BY SMALL VARIATIONS IN HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

A discussion of a paper with the aforementioned title by M.E. Reid, published in this journal (Volume 123, Number 8, August 1997), is presented. The discusser raises two concerns: the groundwater flow boundary conditions used in the paper may lead to inaccurate results because flow is directed downward along the upslope no-flow boundary and upward along the downslope boundary, and controlling groundwater obviates the need for engineering conservatism in slope stability analyses. Discussion is followed by closure from the author.

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• Authors:
  • Day, R W
• Publication Date: 1999-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 235-236
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 125
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flow; Groundwater; Hydraulic properties; Permeability coefficient; Pore pressure; Seepage; Slope stability; Stability analysis
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762752
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: BCS-9157083, 88-1 GT, MSS-9018249
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1999 12:00AM