Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
01 May 1981, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Abstract
An analysis of the stresses induced by a combination of static and seismic forces on the failure surface of shallow soil slope instabilities is presented. The geometry of the failures, either shallow planar of finite length or shallow rotational, is taken into consideration in the analysis. The stress induced by a combination of the above forces is found to be greater for the planar than for the rotational ones. Therefore, at limit equilibrium conditions, the former will predominate. Field measurements of the geometry of shallow soil slope failures corroborate the theoretical findings.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1981 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
Vallejo, Luis E. and Peszek, Lawrence M., "Analysis of Stresses in Seismically Induced Shallow Slope Failures" (1981). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 4.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/01icrageesd/session09/4
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Analysis of Stresses in Seismically Induced Shallow Slope Failures
St. Louis, Missouri
An analysis of the stresses induced by a combination of static and seismic forces on the failure surface of shallow soil slope instabilities is presented. The geometry of the failures, either shallow planar of finite length or shallow rotational, is taken into consideration in the analysis. The stress induced by a combination of the above forces is found to be greater for the planar than for the rotational ones. Therefore, at limit equilibrium conditions, the former will predominate. Field measurements of the geometry of shallow soil slope failures corroborate the theoretical findings.
