Horizontal Wick Drains as a Cost-effective Method to Stabilize Landslides

Abstract

Horizontally driven wick drains are an effective and economical method of controlling long term water levels in natural slopes and existing embankments. To successfully control short term infiltration following storm events, shallow drains should have much closer spacing than deeper drains. Future research will improve drain driving equipment, test drain effectiveness in a wider variety of slope materials, and use three dimensional slope stability models to develop drain spacing criteria.

Department(s)

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0710-0477

Document Type

Article - Journal

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text

Language(s)

English

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© 2024 BiTech Publishers Ltd., All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1999

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