Soil Strength and Slope Stability

Soil Strength and Slope Stability is an authoritative, state-of-the-art reference that provides expert guidance to readers on soil strength and slope-stability analysis! Visually informative and containing more than 250 illustrations, this complete and practical resource is an essential publication for geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, civil engineers, geologists, environmental engineers, and students. The book provides information in a clear, concise language, and also features practical examples and coverage of state of the art methods for evaluating soil strength, and for analysis, design and stabilization of slopes in soil.

Soil Strength and Slope Stability was written by two recognized experts in the field. Emphasis is placed on the principles of limit equilibrium analysis, and the appropriate use of computer programs. Methods are described for checking the results of complex analyses, and for presenting results of slope stability analyses clearly. 312 pp.

The comprehensive reference features:

• Case histories of landslides, embankment failures, excavation slope failures
• Principles that govern the shear strength of soils, including shear strength of municipal solid waste
• Methods for estimating and evaluating shear strengths based on back analysis of slope failures and stable slopes
• Explanations of the conditions that slopes must be designed to endure
• Detailed explanations of analysis methods for short-term and long-term stability, rapid drawdown, earthquake, and partial consolidation
• A wide range of analysis methods, methods for verifying results, and advice on presenting the results of slope stability analyses, including the importance of using multiple and/or independent methods
• Methods for repairing failed slopes and stabilizing marginally stable slopes

Soil Strength and Slope Stability - Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Examples and Causes of Slope Failure
• Soil Mechanics Principles
• Stability Conditions for analyses
• Shear Strengths of Soil and Municipal Solid Waste
• Mechanics of Limit Equilibrium Procedures
• Methods of Analyzing Slope Stability
• Reinforced Slopes and Embankments
• Analyses for Rapid Drawdown
• Seismic Slope Stability
• Analyses of Embankments with Partial Consolidation of Weak Foundations
• Analyses to Back-Calculate Strengths
• Factors of Safety and Reliability
• Important Details of Stability Analyses
• Presenting Results of Stability Evaluations
• Slope Stabilization and Repair
• Appendix: Slope Stability Charts
• References
• Index