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.
Landslides pose significant risk to the communities and infrastructure, particularly in mountainous regions. Accurate estimation of landslide slip surface depth/geometry and volume of displaced material is crucial for hazard assessment, borehole planning and mitigation strategy. This study presents a novel,…
Mount Maunganui is a rhyolite dome that stands 232 metres above sea level at the entrance of the Tauranga Harbour. In January 2011, Cyclone Wilma triggered several tens of landslides at this site. This study reviews the spatial distribution of…
Study of several field case histories has shown that the difference between two- and three-dimensional factors of safety is most pronounced in cases that involve a translational failure. Two- and three-dimensional slope stability analyses of field case histories and a…
The stability assessment and potential sliding surface determination of open-pit mine slopes are pivotal topics in mine safety. Focusing on an open-pit limestone mine slope in Hebei Province, China, this study proposes a systematic and practical methodology for modeling, stability…
Geotechnical engineers understand there is uncertainty and risk in the input parameters for slope stability analyses and within the analysis methodologies themselves. Decades of research and inverse analyses of slope failures have resulted in widespread acceptance of certain factors of…
This study investigates the use of high-resolution 3D geometric data collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for estimating material properties in dam stability assessments following failure events. The analysis focuses on the Sparmos Dam in Greece, which collapsed in 2016…
Present 3D limit equilibrium (LE) methods do not incorporate shear resistance from near vertical sides parallel to the direction of slide movement. Consequently, the computed 3D factor of safety (FS) is underestimated and the shear strength parameters from an inverse…
Annually, several billion dollars are spent to mitigate landslides and rehabilitate structures affected by slope failures. Such instabilities may arise from several factors, including complex slope terrain geometry, varying geomorphology, seasonal groundwater fluctuations, changes inriver water levels, prolonged waterlogging, and…
Uses back-analysis of real slope failures to infer mobilised strengths and pore-pressure conditions at failure.
Mitigating rainfall-induced landslides requires an understanding of the failure mechanisms leading to their initiation. Evaluating how predicted failure mechanisms relate to the landscape’s topography, geomorphology, antecedent hydrological conditions, and other subsurface characteristics such as shear strengths and hydraulic properties is…
Develops a 3D minimum-potential-energy slope stability model avoiding column discretisation.
Experimental study of liquefaction of saturated sands under cyclic loading, providing criteria for evaluating liquefaction potential.
Compares accuracy and assumptions across major reinforced-slope analysis software.
3D continuum modelling of circular dams, highlighting stress redistribution and stability implications.
Compares LEM, FEM-SRM and DEM approaches for analysing slope stability.
Describes back-calculation techniques that derive shear strength parameters from observed slope failures.
Analyses 3D seismic displacement mechanisms and differences from 2D Newmark approaches.
Wesley reviews behavioural characteristics of residual soils, their shear strength, structure, and implications for slope stability. Emphasises tropical/regolith behaviour vs transported soils.
Compares LEM and FEM behaviour for rainfall-influenced slopes.
This paper reports the limitation of the conventional Bishop’s simplified method to calculate the safety factor of slopes stabilized with anchors, and proposes a new approach to considering the reinforcing effect of anchors on the safety factor. The reinforcing effect…