Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
16 Aug 2008, 8:45am - 12:30pm
Abstract
According to current practice, analyzing the stability of an earth slope under seismic conditions involves applying a pseudo-static seismic load in a conventional limit equilibrium analysis or performing a displacement analysis based on the analogy of a rigid block on an inclined plane. This paper reviews the development of currently used approaches of seismic slope stability analyses, available remediation methods, and design considerations. It examines the issues of shear strength degradation, strain incompatibility, and presents three case histories of projects located in areas of high seismicity where some form of reinforcement was used to obtain seismic slope stability.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, 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
Malhotra, Sanjeev and Lee, Thomas S., "Reinforcement of Slopes for Seismic Stability" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 22.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session03/22
Reinforcement of Slopes for Seismic Stability
Arlington, Virginia
According to current practice, analyzing the stability of an earth slope under seismic conditions involves applying a pseudo-static seismic load in a conventional limit equilibrium analysis or performing a displacement analysis based on the analogy of a rigid block on an inclined plane. This paper reviews the development of currently used approaches of seismic slope stability analyses, available remediation methods, and design considerations. It examines the issues of shear strength degradation, strain incompatibility, and presents three case histories of projects located in areas of high seismicity where some form of reinforcement was used to obtain seismic slope stability.
