Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
02 May 2013, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Abstract
In practice is for various reasons very difficult to assume a real sliding failure on the slip surface, which can be created from more parts (straight and curved) with different local soil characteristics. Therefore is usually at classical methods of slope stability shear surface replaced, for example by a cylindrical surface for cohesive soils. An important factor affecting stability is also the effect of groundwater. In practice is just the influence of groundwater very often reason of landslides on natural slopes and cut slopes. Such landslide has happened in the case of construction the retaining wall on the highway D1 in Slovakia. Cut slope above the built retaining wall has failed approximately on area 4500 m2 with a few breaches, where the maximum height of segregation was about 2.5 m. Supporting pier of high voltage has failed during the landslide and also trussed pole of high voltage with cables over the highway was threating. Before the landslide remediation works has started some inclinometers were built which helped to determine assumed sliding surface and observe the further development of the landslide during its remediation. Final recovery works consisted of the reduction of slope angle and drainage slope by sub−horizontal drill holes and drainage ribs.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 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
Cerny, Miroslav and Hrustinec, Lubos, "Remediation of a Slope Failure Above Retaining Wall Under Construction" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 64.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session03/64
Remediation of a Slope Failure Above Retaining Wall Under Construction
Chicago, Illinois
In practice is for various reasons very difficult to assume a real sliding failure on the slip surface, which can be created from more parts (straight and curved) with different local soil characteristics. Therefore is usually at classical methods of slope stability shear surface replaced, for example by a cylindrical surface for cohesive soils. An important factor affecting stability is also the effect of groundwater. In practice is just the influence of groundwater very often reason of landslides on natural slopes and cut slopes. Such landslide has happened in the case of construction the retaining wall on the highway D1 in Slovakia. Cut slope above the built retaining wall has failed approximately on area 4500 m2 with a few breaches, where the maximum height of segregation was about 2.5 m. Supporting pier of high voltage has failed during the landslide and also trussed pole of high voltage with cables over the highway was threating. Before the landslide remediation works has started some inclinometers were built which helped to determine assumed sliding surface and observe the further development of the landslide during its remediation. Final recovery works consisted of the reduction of slope angle and drainage slope by sub−horizontal drill holes and drainage ribs.
