E-Book, Englisch, 788 Seiten
Chowdhury / Flentje / Bhattacharya Geotechnical Slope Analysis
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-135-19209-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 788 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-135-19209-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Freshly updated and extended version of Slope Analysis (Chowdhury, Elsevier, 1978). This reference book gives a complete overview of the developments in slope engineering in the last 30 years. Its multi-disciplinary, critical approach and the chapters devoted to seismic effects and probabilistic approaches and reliability analyses, reflect the distinctive style of the original. Subjects discussed are: the understanding of slope performance, mechanisms of instability, requirements for modeling and analysis, and new techniques for observation and modeling. Special attention is paid to the relation with the increasing frequency and consequences of natural and man-made hazards. Strategies and methods for assessing landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk are also explored. Moreover, the relevance of geotechnical analysis of slopes in the context of climate change scenarios is discussed. All theory is supported by numerous examples.
''.A wonderful book on Slope Stability.recommended as a refernence book to those who are associated with the geotechnical engineering profession (undergraduates, post graduates and consulting engineers).'' Prof. Devendra Narain Singh, Indian Inst. of Technology, Mumbai, India
''I have yet to see a book that excels the range and depth of Geotechnical Slope Analysis. I have failed to find a topic which is not covered and that makes the book almost a single window outlet for the whole range of readership from students to experts and from theoreticians to practicing engineers.'' Prof. R.K. Bhandari, New Delhi, India
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1 Aims and overview – slopes, geology and materials
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Overview of recent developments and trends
- 1.2.1 Increasing frequency and impact of disasters from slope failures and landslides
- 1.2.2 Climate change, global warming and sea level rise
- 1.2.3 Built slopes – lessons from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Katrina
- 1.2.4 New developments related to slope analysis
- 1.2.5 Importance of probabilistic analysis
- 1.2.6 GIS-based methods and analyses
- 1.2.7 Assessments concerning very large landslides
- 1.2.8 Landslide frequency related to magnitude
- 1.2.9 Assessing regional landslide susceptibility and hazard
- 1.2.10 Development and use of slope stability software
- 1.2.11 Need to strengthen the fundamentals of geomechanics and slope analysis
- 1.3 Main aim and scope of this book
- 1.4 Aims of geotechnical slope analysis
- 1.5 Natural slopes – regional and site-specific analyses
- 1.6 Natural slopes – factors affecting stability
- 1.7 Built slopes, unreinforced and reinforced
- 1.7.1 Unreinforced slopes
- 1.7.2 Reinforced slopes
- 1.8 Geomorphology and slopes
- 1.9 Types of slope movement and landslides
- 1.9.1 Processes and types of slope movement
- 1.9.2 Pre-failure and post-failure movements
- 1.9.3 Failures of slopes in poorly compacted fill
- 1.9.4 Some observed data concerning magnitude of movements in soil and rock slopes
- 1.9.5 Rainfall as a triggering factor for slope failures or for the occurrence of landslides
- 1.9.6 Available methods for seepage analysis
- 1.10 Geology and slopes
- 1.10.1 Fabric
- 1.10.2 Geological structure
- 1.10.3 Geological structure and tendency of slope movement
- 1.10.4 Ground water
- 1.10.5 Seismic effects
- 1.10.6 Ground stresses or ‘initial’ stresses
- 1.10.7 Weathering
- 1.10.8 Previous landslide activity
- 1.11 The nature of soils
- 1.12 The nature of rocks
Appendix to chapter 1
2 Basic geotechnical concepts
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Stress and strain
- 2.2.1 Elastic (recoverable) stresses and strains in soil and rock
- 2.2.2 Irrecoverable strains in soil and rock
- 2.3 The principle of effective stress in soil and rock
- 2.3.1 Saturated soil
- 2.3.2 Unsaturated soil
- 2.3.3 Different types and sources of pore water pressure
- 2.3.4 Reservoir filling and artesian pressures – an example, the 1963 Vaiont slide
- 2.4 Shear strength of soils
- 2.4.1 Dry or saturated soils
- 2.4.2 Unsaturated soils
- 2.4.3 Slope failures involving unsaturated soil slopes
- 2.4.4 Factors influencing shear strength parameters
- 2.4.5 Measurement of shear strength under different drainage conditions
- 2.4.6 Peak, ultimate and residual shear strength
- 2.4.7 Factors influencing residual shear strength
- 2.4.8 Undrained strength of fissured clays
- 2.5 Mohr-Coulomb criterion in terms of principal stresses and stress path concept
- 2.5.1 Stress paths
- 2.5.2 Failure plane inclination and intermediate principal stress
- 2.5.3 Coulomb failure criterion for compression and extension tests
- 2.6 Shear strength of rocks
- 2.6.1 A rock mass as a discontinuum
- 2.6.2 Example of the importance of discontinuities in rock – the occurrence of catastrophic landslides
- 2.6.3 Griffith theory of rock fracture
- 2.6.4 Shear failure along rough discontinuity
- 2.6.5 Continuity of jointing and actual area of contact
- 2.6.6 Curved strength envelopes
- 2.6.7 Strength of filled discontinuities
- 2.6.8 Shear strength of closely jointed or fractured rock
- 2.6.9 Determination
