Geotechnical infrastructure is extensively used for transport and flood defences. Asset
values are significant, with failures causing significant disruption alongside potentially …

The definitive guide to the critical issue of slope stability and safety Soil Strength and Slope
Stability, Second Edition presents the latest thinking and techniques in the assessment of …

Geotechnical Engineering of Dams provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and
geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams. In …

This paper analyzes two tailings dam databases and recent failures to assess the local and
global failure rates of upstream, downstream, and centerline raised tailings dams. Since …

This paper presents recommendations for selecting the type and magnitude of drained
shear strength parameters for analysis of landslides. In particular, the importance, existence …

This paper presents a review of long-term stability of stiff clay and clay shale slopes, and
detailed reanalyses of 99 case histories of slope failures in 36 soft clays to stiff clays and …

This paper describes a slope failure in a municipal solid waste landfill, with lateral and
vertical displacements of up to 275 and 61 m, respectively. The wasteslide involved …

Study of several field case histories has shown that the difference between two-and three-
dimensional factors of safety is most pronounced in cases that involve a translational failure …

Abstract A large landslide (40× 10 6 m 3) was reactivated on the left bank of Canelles
reservoir, Spain. The instability was made evident after a considerable reduction of the …

One of the factors causing the acceleration of landslides is the loss of strength of the soil
involved in the potential unstable mechanism. The travelled distance and the landslide …