This library brings together respected third-party papers, reports, and reference material on slope stability. Each entry includes a short summary and a link to the original source so you can explore the full publication.
Companion volume to the main LOP guideline that focuses on open pit slope design in weak and weathered rocks such as saprolites, altered volcanics and weak sedimentary sequences. Martin and Stacey present guidance on geological and geotechnical models for weak…
Extensive reference on both analysis and remediation of unstable slopes in soil and rock, integrating geotechnical investigation, limit equilibrium and numerical analysis with design of stabilisation measures. Abramson, Lee, Sharma and Boyce cover general slope stability concepts, common modes of…
Advanced treatment of the physical and physico-chemical behaviour of soils, covering soil composition, fabric, water–soil interactions, consolidation, creep, cyclic behaviour and critical state concepts. Mitchell, Soga and O’Sullivan emphasise microstructure and the links between soil fabric and macroscopic properties used…
Comprehensive introduction to rock mechanics, covering intact rock properties, rock mass classification, stress and deformation, fracture mechanics and discontinuities, with direct implications for slope stability, tunnelling and foundations. Goodman develops the fundamental physics of rock behaviour and links laboratory data…
Systematic treatment of engineering rock mechanics, starting from stress, strain and failure of intact rock and extending to rock mass characterisation, in situ stress measurement and design methods for slopes, tunnels and foundations. Hudson and Harrison integrate analytical, empirical and…
Research-focused monograph that examines rock slope failure mechanisms in complex geological settings, combining laboratory testing, field observation and advanced numerical modelling. Zhang introduces kinematical element and discontinuity kinematical element methods, stochastic karst cave modelling, improved strength reduction and fracture mechanics…
Overview of effective-stress LEM procedures with worked examples.
Practical reference on shear strength of soils and its application to the stability of natural and engineered slopes, embankments and earth dams. Duncan, Wright and Brandon explain drained and undrained strength, effective stress, stress–strain behaviour and selection of design parameters,…
Updated textbook on geotechnical earthquake engineering that covers seismology, strong ground motion, site response and dynamic soil behaviour, leading into seismic design of foundations, retaining structures and slopes. Kramer presents performance-based earthquake engineering concepts, probabilistic hazard assessment and practical procedures…
Comprehensive guide to investigation, design and remediation of civil rock slopes, including cuttings, highway and railway slopes, benches and natural rock faces. Wyllie updates the classic Hoek and Bray text with new material on weathered rock, shear strength in relation…
Examines assumptions and limitations in simplified slice methods and quantifies potential errors.
Emphasises the importance of hand calculations and introduces a simple effective stress solution for slope stability.
Lambe and Whitman discuss how submerged unit weight, buoyancy, and seepage forces affect stresses in soil, using simple 1D fluid-flow examples and effective stress principles. They explain boundary water forces, seepage force equilibrium, and conditions leading to quicksand or upward…
Comprehensive treatment of anisotropic rock behaviour and its implications for stress and deformation analyses.
Benchmark 3D clay slope problem with reference solutions for different numerical methods, illustrating key three-dimensional effects on factor of safety.
Describes back-calculation techniques that derive shear strength parameters from observed slope failures.
Develops a 3D form of the Hoek–Brown criterion for rock masses.
Pre-stressed anchor cables are widely used in slope engineering for effectively improving slope stability as a reinforcement measure. Based on assumptions of stresses on a slip surface, this work proposes a new limit equilibrium (LE) method to analyse the stability…
Describes the Spencer method, a rigorous limit-equilibrium approach that satisfies full equilibrium for slopes and embankments using parallel interslice forces.
Presents 3D limit‑analysis stability charts that give quick estimates of factors of safety for uniform slopes.
