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Effects Of Water On Slope Stability, Tommy C. Hopkins, David L. Allen, Robert C. Deen
Effects Of Water On Slope Stability, Tommy C. Hopkins, David L. Allen, Robert C. Deen
Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report
A brief state-of-the-art review of the effects of water on slope stability and the techniques for analysis is presented. The effective stress principle and basic considerations of slope stability, including design factors of safety, are discussed briefly. The derivations and effects of seepage forces and rapid drawdown on effective stress are also presented. Various conditions of external loading produce changes in effective stress. These changes are discussed and limiting conditions which should be analyzed are mentioned.
Limitations of total stress analyses are discussed in detail. It appears that, for soils having a liquidity index of 0.36 or greater (normally consolidated), …