LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION

This Special Report is a greatly expanded edition of a previous report on landslides (Special Report 176, "Landslides: Analysis and Control") published in 1978. The new report, which has been designed with an even broader international scope, contains comprehensive, practical discussions of field investigations, laboratory testing, and stability analysis procedures and technologies; comprehensive references to the literature; and discussions of case studies, state-of-the-art techniques, and research directions. The report is presented in five sections: (1) Principles, Definitions, and Assessment; (2) Investigation; (3) Strength and Stability Analysis; (4) Mitigation; and (5) Special Cases and Materials. The report's 25 chapters are individually authored and each has a separate entry in the TRIS data base. An Author Index and a Subject Index are provided.

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  • Special Report 247 is also available in hardcover (ISBN 0-309-06151-2). Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 685 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 247
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Colluvium; Field studies; Geological surveying; Laboratory tests; Landslides; Loess; Permafrost; Residual soils; Risk assessment; Rock mechanics; Sensitive clays; Shale; Shear strength; Slope stability; Slopes; Soft clays; Soil mechanics; Soil stabilization; Soils; Stability analysis; State of the art studies; Tailings; Talus; Traffic mitigation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mitigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Field investigations; Shear strength of soils
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722489
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030906208X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 6 1996 12:00AM