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.
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…
Specialist reference on rock fall processes, hazard assessment and mitigation measures for transport corridors, infrastructure and slopes. Wyllie describes causes of rock falls, including geology, climate and topography, and presents detailed case histories on rock fall trajectories, impact energies and…
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…
Analyses how axis-of-rotation assumptions influence LEM factors of safety and interslice forces.
Uses plasticity-based limit analysis to evaluate pore-pressure-affected slopes, providing explicit lower-bound solutions.
Short NZGS ‘Geoteaser’ problem defining a fully saturated slope for readers to analyse and discuss.
Wesley reviews behavioural characteristics of residual soils, their shear strength, structure, and implications for slope stability. Emphasises tropical/regolith behaviour vs transported soils.
VandenBerge, Duncan and Brandon analyse why transient seepage models often mispredict pore-water pressures during rapid drawdown or external water-level changes. They show that boundary assumptions, soil permeability, and drainage conditions strongly affect results, leading to overly conservative or nonconservative FS…
Explains why transient seepage analyses may misrepresent pore pressures during rapid drawdown.
Develops a general solution linking seepage direction to slope failure potential.
A full forensic back-analysis of the Carsington Dam failure with LEM and SSR FEM.
Defines geometric, analytical and stereonet-based methods for wedge stability assessment, with worked examples.
Shows how fines content and granular void ratio affect cyclic shear strength in sand–clay mixtures.
