Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Abstract
The instability of rock slopes controlling the main Arbil-Sulaimaniya road has been studied in the southwestern side of Haibat Sultan Mountain, northern Iraq. The cause of this instability is the presence of road cuts as well as the erosion at the toe of the slope. The military operations in the area have further increased the hazardous condition of the slope. Field observations at ten stations have revealed that plane sliding of limestone slabs had occurred within the layers of friable marl. The study focused on the mode of failure, as affected by slope orientation and discontinuity geometry. Subsequent monitoring revealed continued hazardous sliding and some disastrous incidents have also occurred. As a result of the rock slope analysis, remedial measures have been proposed to stabilize the slope.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Al-Saadi, S. N. and Al-Jassar, S. H., "Rock Slides Along Haibat Sultan Road, N. Iraq" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 25.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session02/25
Rock Slides Along Haibat Sultan Road, N. Iraq
St. Louis, Missouri
The instability of rock slopes controlling the main Arbil-Sulaimaniya road has been studied in the southwestern side of Haibat Sultan Mountain, northern Iraq. The cause of this instability is the presence of road cuts as well as the erosion at the toe of the slope. The military operations in the area have further increased the hazardous condition of the slope. Field observations at ten stations have revealed that plane sliding of limestone slabs had occurred within the layers of friable marl. The study focused on the mode of failure, as affected by slope orientation and discontinuity geometry. Subsequent monitoring revealed continued hazardous sliding and some disastrous incidents have also occurred. As a result of the rock slope analysis, remedial measures have been proposed to stabilize the slope.
