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.
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…
Applies fuzzy-set theory to slope design under uncertain soil parameters.
Analyzes the stability of conical granular heaps, deriving stability factors and design guidelines.
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,…
Emphasises the importance of hand calculations and introduces a simple effective stress solution for slope stability.
Benchmarks 3D LEM program performance vs known solutions.
Revises effective-stress treatment in slice methods, improving rigour particularly under partial saturation.
A cell-based technique enabling wedge stability analysis with complex geometries and DFNs.
Short NZGS ‘Geoteaser’ problem defining a fully saturated slope for readers to analyse and discuss.
Explains methods for representing pore pressures in stability analyses.
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…