Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
03 Jun 1993, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Abstract
Ground shaking during the Lorna Prieta earthquake of 17 October 1989 caused permanent lateral and vertical displacements of a steep hillside in San Francisco, California. These displacements damaged 36 residences along the top of the hillside. Subsequent exploration and analyses indicated the hillside is composed of loose to medium-dense Dune sand that is marginally stable under static conditions, but highly susceptible to ·movements during ground shaking caused by earthquakes. A retaining system consisting of a combination of drilled soldier piles and permanent tiebacks was designed and constructed to mitigate the potential for future seismically induced slope movement. This paper describes the evaluation of the seismic stability of the slope and the design of the retaining system.
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
Shields, Craig S. and Rollo, Frank L., "Mitigation of Seismically Induced Slope Movement" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 20.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session03/20
Mitigation of Seismically Induced Slope Movement
St. Louis, Missouri
Ground shaking during the Lorna Prieta earthquake of 17 October 1989 caused permanent lateral and vertical displacements of a steep hillside in San Francisco, California. These displacements damaged 36 residences along the top of the hillside. Subsequent exploration and analyses indicated the hillside is composed of loose to medium-dense Dune sand that is marginally stable under static conditions, but highly susceptible to ·movements during ground shaking caused by earthquakes. A retaining system consisting of a combination of drilled soldier piles and permanent tiebacks was designed and constructed to mitigate the potential for future seismically induced slope movement. This paper describes the evaluation of the seismic stability of the slope and the design of the retaining system.
