STABILITY OF VERTICAL CORNER CUT WITH CONCENTRATED SURCHARGE LOAD-DISCUSSION

Research on three-dimensional slope stability is quoted and the conical failure surface is discussed. The latter is taken to represent a kinematically admissible collapse mechanism and, therefore provides upper bond solutions. This mode of failure is simple enough to have the analytic solution presented here but does not represent the most critical mode which gives the minimum value of the concentrated load. It is also shown that the load, Q sub cr, predicted on the basis of this simple solution is much lower than that obtained by the complicated mechanism used by the author.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Discussers:
  • Baligh, M M
  • Azzouz, A S
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1286-88
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 102
  • Issue Number: GT12
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Excavations; Forecasting; Loads; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil stabilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Surcharge
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149212
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE #11842
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM