INFLUENCE OF SEEPAGE ON STABILITY OF SANDY SLOPE

This paper gives a brief description of the contiuum theory, and then describes the single-particle failure mode (based on the work of Koenders, 1985). It was found that the stability of a sandy slope is influenced by a hydraulic gradient at the surface. The different failure modes were clearly visible in the experiments. In the case of outward flow, the continuum mode theory governs the failure process. In the case of inflowing water, the failure mode can be described with the single-particle mode theory. Due to this phenomenon, the stabilizing influence of an inward-directed flow is smaller than could be expected from the traditional continuum approach.

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• Authors:
  • Rhee, C V
  • Bezuijen, A
• Publication Date: 1992-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1236-40
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
  • Volume: 118
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9410

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure; Flow; Hydraulic gradient; Particles; Sand; Slope stability; Streamflow; Water
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00624046
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 21 1993 12:00AM