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.
Comprehensive guideline developed under the Large Open Pit (LOP) project that documents the full open pit slope design process from project scoping through operation and closure. Read and Stacey integrate contributions from many authors on geology, rock mass characterisation, hydrology,…
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…
Introduces Bishop’s slip-circle method, an efficient and widely used circular limit-equilibrium technique including pore pressures via effective stress.
Develops a general 3D LEM method enabling rigorous analysis of non-planar 3D slip surfaces.
Describes an iOS implementation of Bishop, Janbu and Spencer methods and its agreement with desktop LEM tools.
Analysis of steep slopes in cemented sands.
A PhD thesis presenting a multiscale numerical framework linking micro-scale mechanics with slope behaviour.
Reviews and compares analytical limit-equilibrium methods for slope stability, clarifying assumptions and appropriate applications.
Performs statistical analysis of 301 slope failures, revealing typical factors of safety and common modelling shortcomings.
Dynamic finite-element study of 2D seismic slope response using TELDYN, comparing calculated yield accelerations and displacements with Newmark-type methods.
Models rainfall-triggered pore-pressure rise and resulting instability.
Comprehensive case history of a major landfill slope failure, detailing hydrologic and mechanical controls.
