PROBABILISTIC STUDY OF LANDSLIDES - STABILIZATION AND DRAINAGE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, SAN FRANCISCO, 12-16 AUGUST 1985

ETUDE PROBABILISTE DE GLISSEMENTS - ASSAINISSEMENT

A recent probabilistic method of analyzing slope stability, which permits the modelling of progressive failure mechanism, is applied to a real case. The landslide studied was instrumented and monitored for over two years by the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne). In April 1983, it entered a phase of very rapid acceleration which destroyed one road and obstructed the river flowing at the foot of the slope. Possible stabilization and drainage systems--protection of the river sides, drainage, and anchorage systems--were compared by means of local probability charts supplied by the method: the comparative analyses show the effect of the remedial measures. Lastly, a recent development of the method is used to determine, in probabilistic terms, the support necessary to bring the probability of local failure down to a chosen value. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 287689. (TRRL)

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  AA Balkema

  P.O. Box 1675
  Rotterdam,   Netherlands  BR-3000
• Authors:
  • Bonnard, C
  • Oboni, F
• Publication Date: 1985

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 2317-20
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Drainage structures; Failure; Landslides; Mathematical models; Probability; Slope stability; Soil stabilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Probabilistic analysis; Stabilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Drainage systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466506
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 564 3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM