FAILURE OF ROCK SLOPE AT POWRIE BRAE, DUNDEE

This note describes the failure during construction of a site slope to a roadway cutting. The failure took place along a bedding plane inclined at 13 degrees to the horizontal and involved an estimated 20000 cubic metres of glacial till and bedrock. A brief description of the remedial works is also presented. For the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 286604. (Author/TRRL)

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0727702432
• Supplemental Notes:
  • From Proceedings of the Symposium on Failures in Earthworks, organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, held in London, March 6-7, 1985.
• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Reid, W M
• Conference:
  • From Proceedings of the Symposium on Failures in Earthworks, organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, held in London, March 6-7, 1985.
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 454-457

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bedrock; Cutting; Failure; Road construction; Rocks; Slopes; Till
• Old TRIS Terms: Remedies
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 3655: Construction; 2812: Cutting (earthworks); 5520: Failure; 4053: Geology; 4154: Rock; 2831: Slope (terrain); 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00464863
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 7277 0243 2
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1987 12:00AM