ABSTRACT
A deficiency of retaining forces results in an insufficient degree of slope stability and should be compensated by additional resistance of retaining structures. Quantity and arrangement of the tiers of the retaining structures along the landslide length are determined on the basis of a calculation of landslide loads. The comparative calculations of landslide loads on the tiers of the retaining structures have been carried out in terms of a landslide section on stake 45 of a byroad being constructed round the city of Sochi. The landslide load calculation begins with a selection of a number and a position of the tiers of the retaining structures along the landslide length. The landslide load components are determined successively for all parts of the landslide. The slope soils are watered considerably; within the limits of the modern landslide, subsurface water has a sporadic extent.
