STATISTICAL TENDENCY IN CUTTING SLOPE FAILURES

The present paper is concerned with the result of statistical analysis tried to clarify the causes of the cutting slope failures. The data are obtained from 162 sheets of replies to a questionnaire on cutting slope failure submitted in 1963 to the Civil Engineering Division in the Construction and Maintenance Department, JNR. The failures occurred mostly on unprotected cutting slope and were caused by rainfall. Less than half of them lead to suspension of traffic during more than 1 hour, comparatively shorter than expected, and in 65 percent of them the amount of debris was less than 50 m cubic. The failures occurred mostly on unprotected slopes.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • TAKAHASHI, H
  • Matsunami, T
  • SHIMIZU, K
• Publication Date: 1964-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 23-24
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information processing; Rain; Slope failure; Soil mechanics; Statistical analysis; Surveys; Technology
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033424
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM