STATE OF THE ART: LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM AND FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SLOPES. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

A discussion of a paper with the aforementioned title by J.M. Duncan, published in this journal (Volume 122, Number 7, July 1996), is presented. The discussion focuses on measurement of shear strength for use in slope stability analyses, asserting that laboratory tests should be performed using the same range of pressures as will act on the shear plane in the field. It is maintained that when the failure envelope is curved, strength tests at high pressure may overestimate the strength of the soil at low pressure. Discussion is followed by closure from the author.

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• Authors:
  • Day, R W
• Publication Date: 1997-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 894
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 123
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Earth pressure; Finite element method; Laboratory tests; Measurement; Shear strength; Slope stability; Soils; State of the art studies
• Old TRIS Terms: Shear strength of soils; Soil pressures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00742143
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: NA16CP-0220-01
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1997 12:00AM