ABSTRACT

This collection of papers covers a wide range of relevant issues and aspects of slope stability engineering from both practical and scientific points of view from the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Slope Stability Engineering : Is--Shikoku'99 : Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, 8-11 November, 1999.

part 6|136 pages

Design strength parameters

chapter |6 pages

Undrained flow and instability of anisotropically consolidated sand

ByY. Tsukamoto, K. Ishihara, S. Nakayama, Y. Nosaka

chapter |5 pages

Determination of shear strength parameters of unsaturated sedimentary residual soils for slope stability analyses

BySaravanan Mariappan, Faisal Haji Ali, Low Tian Huat

chapter |4 pages

The characteristics of landslides caused by the hydrothermal metamorphic clay

ByH. Yamashita, M. Saga, H. Fujita, K. Yokota, R. Yatabe

chapter |4 pages

Influence of clay minerals on strength characteristics of landslide clay in Mikabu

ByTomonori Ishii, Ryuichi Yatabe, Norio Yagi, Kinitada Yokota

chapter |4 pages

Strength of landslide clay from mineralogical point of view

ByN. Yagi, R. Yatabe, K. Yokota, N.P. Bhandary

chapter |5 pages

Development of an automatic cyclic direct shear test apparatus for landslide slope stability analysis

ByMasafumi Okawara, Toshiyuki Mitachi, Makoto Tanada

chapter |6 pages

Strength and deformation characteristics of clay subjected to pore water pressure increment

ByT. Umezaki, M. Suzuki, T. Yamamoto

chapter |4 pages

Parameters for curvilineared residual strength envelope

ByS. Gibo, S. Nakamura

chapter |4 pages

Pore water pressure loading tests of a clay

ByS. Ohtsuka, Y. Miyata, H. Toyota

chapter |6 pages

Shear behavior of clay subjected to change of normal stress

ByM. Suzuki, T. Yamamoto, T. Umezaki

chapter |6 pages

Modelling rapid shearing of cohesive soils along undulating shear surfaces

ByD.J. Petley, P. Taylor

chapter |6 pages

Apparent cohesion of unsaturated soils as correlated with suction

ByYongnan Huang, Kenji Ishihara

chapter |6 pages

Shear strength mobilization in shear box test under constant volume

ByI. Kobayashi, H. Ohta, M. Hirata, A. Iizuka

chapter |6 pages

Undrained shear strength of unsaturated compacted clays

ByV. Sivakumar, I.G. Doran

chapter |6 pages

Landslide at Malakasa, Greece: Investigation, analysis, remedial works

ByR.J. Chandler, S. Schina

chapter |5 pages

Method for determining design strength parameters for slope stability analysis

ByT. Mitachi, M. Okawara, T. Kawaguchi

chapter |6 pages

Effect of degradation on the strength of rock

ByAkira Kobayashi, Kiyohito Yamamoto, Koichi Fujii

chapter |6 pages

Some considerations of Patton model on rock joint shear strength

ByMasanobu Doi, Satoru Ohtsuka

chapter |4 pages

Behavior of jointed model material under biaxial compression

ByAnil Kumar Tyagi, K.Seshagiri Rao, Anand S. Gupta

part 7|66 pages

Slope stability of landfills and waste materials

chapter |6 pages

Stability of slopes of hydraulic-fill dams

ByA.Zh. Zhusupbekov, A.S. Zhakulin, M.R. Nurguzhin

chapter |6 pages

Stability of embankment dams based on minimum-experience of safety factor

ByT. Morii, K. Shimada, T. Hasegawa

chapter |4 pages

Stability of embankment using foam composite lightweight soil

ByY. Watanabe, T. Kaino

chapter |4 pages

Slope stability of embankment model composed of municipal bottom ash: Centrifuge model tests and FDM analysis

ByKeinosuke Gotoh, Minoru Yamanaka, Toshihiro Ikuta, Teppei Ogawa

chapter |6 pages

Comparison of deformation of a fill with results from a new elastoplastic method

ByT. Harada, A. Mochizuki, T. Kaneda

chapter |6 pages

Earth pressure acting on the side of core block in high embankment

ByK. Nomoto, T. Sugimoto, T. Fujiwara

chapter |6 pages

Case study of a liquefiable mine tailing sand deposit

ByW. Wehr, I. Herle, P. Kudella, G. Gudehus

chapter |4 pages

The stabilization of frozen technogenic dumps

ByV.I. Grebenets, S.N. Titkov, A.G.-o. Kerimov, V.M. Anishin

chapter |6 pages

Stability of MSW mass: Use of an improved limit equilibrium analysis

ByA. Bouazza, I. B. Donald

chapter |6 pages

Stability of bentonite wall by the unified method of molecular dynamics and homogenization analysis

ByY. Ichikawa, T. Seiki, T. Nattavut, K. Kawamura, M. Nakano

part 8|108 pages

Stabilization and remedial works

chapter |6 pages

Model tests of a new deep pile system for landslide prevention at Kamenose landslide area

ByK. Nishiyama, S. Tochimoto, H. Fujita, S. Kinoshita, S. Sakajo, M. Ohno, K. Ugai, M. Kimura

chapter |6 pages

Stability of slope reinforced with piles

ByFei Cai, Keizo Ugai

chapter |6 pages

Evaluation of pull-out capacity of repeat-grouting type ground anchor by in-situ and laboratory tests

ByH. Wada, H. Ochiai, K. Omine, Y. Maeda

chapter |6 pages

Design and observation of the prevention works for crystalline schist slope

ByN. Shintani, K. Kawahara, A. Ueda, K. Oka, T. Yamamoto

chapter |6 pages

Hydrodynamic seeding with the use of sewage sludge and fly-ash for slope protection

ByM. Głażewski, J. Kalotka

chapter |5 pages

Investigation and stabilization of a sliding hillside

ByJ. Farkas

chapter |5 pages

Landslide controlling measures at construction sites nearby King′s palace at Narendra Nagar

ByD. Mukherjee, K. Kishor, O. P. Yadav

chapter |4 pages

Reduction of land cutting effects by the application of lightweight embankments

ByJ. Nakano, H. Miki, H. Kohashi, A. Fujii

chapter |6 pages

Relaxation effect in retaining wall on passive mode

ByErizal, Toshinori Sakai, Sadaki Miyauchi

chapter |6 pages

Stabilization and geoenvironmental restoration of the main central channel in the Fucino plain, Italy – A case history

ByG. Totani, P. Monaco, M. Leopardi, A. Farroni, A. Russo Spena

chapter |5 pages

Slope stabilization in residual soils of Peru

ByA. Carrillo-Gil, A. Carrillo-Acevedo

chapter |6 pages

Case study of a cut slope failure in diatom earth

ByA. Yashima, H. Shigematsu, S. Okuzono, M. Nishio

part 9|94 pages

Stability of reinforced slopes

chapter |5 pages

Centrifuge model testing of reinforced soil slopes in the perspective of Kanto Loam

ByG. Pokharel, A. Fujii, H. Miki

chapter |6 pages

Dynamic behavior of vertical geogrid-reinforced soil during earthquake

ByA. Takahashi, J. Takemura, J. Izawa

chapter |6 pages

Model tests on some geosynthetics-reinforced steep earth fills

ByY. Tanabashi, T. Hirai, J. Noshimura, K. Yasuhara, K. Suyama

chapter |6 pages

Field behavior of a reinforced steep slope with a cohesive residual soil backfill

ByA. Kasa, Z. Chik, F.H. Ali

chapter |6 pages

Full-scale model test on deformation of reinforced steep slopes

ByT. Nagayoshi, S. Tayama, K. Ogata, M. Tada

chapter |6 pages

Stability analysis of reinforced slopes using a strain-based FEM

ByTamotsu Matsui, Ka Ching San, Ali Porbaha

chapter |6 pages

Numerical analysis on the stability of GHD-reinforced clay embankment

ByMasashi Kamon, Mamoru Mimura, Nario Takeo, Tomoyuki Akai

chapter |6 pages

New design method of composite fabrics – Reinforced earth fill

ByY. Tanabashi, N. Wakuda, K. Suyama, K. Yasuhara, T. Hirai, J. Nishimura

chapter |4 pages

Design method for steel grid reinforced earth structure considering bearing resistance

ByT. Matsui, Y. Nabeshima, S.G. Zhou, N. Ogawa

chapter |6 pages

A promising approach for progressive failure analysis of reinforced slopes

ByTakuo Yamagami, Satoru Yamabe, Jing-Cai Jiang, Younus Ahmed Khan

chapter |5 pages

3-D stability analyses for asymmetrical and heterogeneous nailed slopes

ByC.C. Huang, C.C. Tsai, M. Tateyama

chapter |6 pages

Numerical analysis of reinforced soil slopes under working stress conditions

ByBruno Teixeira Dantas, Maurício Ehrlich

chapter |4 pages

Design method of vertical reinforced slopes under rotational failure mechanism

ByX.Q. Yang, S.X. He, Z.D. Li

chapter |6 pages

Reinforcement mechanism in soil nailing for stabilization of steep slopes

ByT. Nishigata, K. Nishida

chapter |6 pages

The study of direct shear tests of woven geotextiles with granular soils

ByM. Matys, T. Ayele, S. Hric

part 10|44 pages

Probabilistic slope stability

chapter |6 pages

Localized probabilistic site characterization in geotechnical engineering

ByS. Pumjan, D.S. Young

chapter |4 pages

A localized probabilistic approach for slope stability analysis

ByD.S. Young, S. Pumjan

chapter |6 pages

Reliability analysis and risk evaluation of the slopes of open pit mine

ByQing Yang, Jiankui Jiao, Maotian Luan, Dazhai Shi

chapter |4 pages

Risk evaluation for slope failure based on geographical information data

ByY. Kitazono, A. Suzuki, N. Nakasone, T. Terazono

chapter |4 pages

Gray system evaluation for slope stability engineering

ByHong-Ci Wu, Tai Bao, Xiao-Bin Zhang, Xing Hu

chapter |6 pages

Statistical variability of ring shear test results on a shear zone in London Clay

ByE.N. Bromhead, A.J. Harris, M-L. Ibsen

part 11|124 pages

Landslide investigations

chapter |6 pages

Methodological study of judgement on landslide occurrence

ByMiau-Bin Su, Lian-Chang Chan, Gee-Shorng Lee

chapter |6 pages

The retrogressive slide at Nipigon River, Ontario, Canada

ByK.Tim Law, C.F. Lee

chapter |4 pages

Simplified model for estimating a scale of sliding debris

ByMitsuharu Fukuda, Seiji Suwa

chapter |8 pages

Long-term movements of an earthflow in tectonised clay shales

ByL. Picarelli, A. Mandolini, C. Russo

chapter |5 pages

Characteristics of groundwater quality in fracture zone landslides at Shikoku area

ByF. Nishimura, R. Yatabe, N. Yagi, K. Yokota, T. Shibata

chapter |4 pages

Use of H2O(+) for landslide investigations and mapping

ByU.de S. Jayawardena, E. Izawa, K. Watanabe

chapter |6 pages

Mechanism of large-scale collapse at Tue Valley in the Shikoku mountainous region, Japan

ByF. Ochiai, H. Sokobiki, T. Noro, S. Nakayama

chapter |6 pages

Causes and mechanisms of slope instability in Dessie town, Ethiopia

ByLulseged Ayalew, Antonio Vernier

chapter |6 pages

Study of a huge block slide with relevance to failure mechanism

ByI. Lazányi, I. Kabai, B. Vizi

chapter |4 pages

Landslide clay behavior and countermeasures works at the fractured zone of Median Tectonic Line

ByR. Yatabe, N. Yagi, K. Yokota, N.P. Bhandary

chapter |4 pages

Geological and soil mechanical study of Sawatari landslide in Ehime

ByHiroshi Kono, Masaaki Tani, Ryuichi Yatabe, Norio Yagi, Kinutada Yokota

chapter |4 pages

The general characteristics of landslide along the Median Tectonic Line due to the road construction

ByYoshiyuki Momiyama, Kenji Kumano, Mitsuru Tanaka, Tomonori Ishii

chapter |6 pages

An investigation on the stability of two adjacent slope movements

ByG. Gottardi, L. Tonni

chapter |6 pages

Evaluation of stream-like landslide activity based on the monitoring results

ByL. Petro, E. Polaščinová, P. Wagner

chapter |6 pages

Snow induced landslides in Japan

ByT. Ito

chapter |4 pages

Physical properties of clay from landslides in large fracture zones

ByN. Ogita, Y. Kito, T. Kimizu, R. Yatabe

chapter |5 pages

Investigation of landslide damage in Korea, 1998

ByDugkeun Park, Keumho Oh, Byungcheol Park

chapter |6 pages

Monitoring of the Vallcebre landslide, Eastern Pyrenees, Spain

ByJ. Corominas, J. Moya, A. Ledesma, J. Rius, J.A. Gili, A. Lloret

part 12|122 pages

Landslide inventory, landslide hazard zonation and rockfall

chapter |6 pages

Preliminary landslide hazard mapping along a hill road in western Nepal

ByB.P. Mainalee, H. Fujimura, N. Morishima

chapter |4 pages

Hazard evaluation of landslide in Iran

ByG.R. Lashkaripour

chapter |6 pages

Zonation of areas susceptible to rain-induced embankment failure in Japan railways

ByK. Okada, T. Sugiyama, M. Muraishi, T. Noguchi

chapter |6 pages

An estimation of slope failures based on erosion front and weathering front

ByH. Inagaki, T. Yunohara

chapter |6 pages

Typical case study on destabilization and genetic mechanism of urban slopes in China

ByLiu Yuhai, Niu Fujun, Cheng Zhixin

chapter |5 pages

Estimation of the slope failure using remote sensing data

ByS. Shima, H. Yoshikuni

chapter |4 pages

Application of hazard and risk maps for highway slopes management and maintenance

ByYusef A.O. Fiener, Fisal Haji Ali

chapter |6 pages

Application of hazard and risk mapping to a mountainous highway in Malaysia

ByA. Jamaludin, Z. Muda, S. Alias, N.M. Yusof

chapter |6 pages

A landslide risk assessment in a hydropower plant area

ByD. Paunescu, D. Deacu

chapter |5 pages

Applications of quantitative landslide risk assessment in Hong Kong

ByC.K.M. Wong, C.K.T. Lee

chapter |7 pages

Landslide risk assessment – Development of a hazard-consequence approach

ByChit Ko Ko, Phil Flentje, Robin Chowdhury

chapter |14 pages

Data-bases and the management of landslides

ByR.M. Faure

chapter |6 pages

Effect of soil slope gradient on motion of rockfall

ByS. Kawahara, T. Muro

chapter |6 pages

Study of accidents caused by rockfall in Kochi Prefecture

ByT. Ushiro, Y. Matsumoto, N. Akesaka, N. Yagi

chapter |6 pages

The May 5th 1998 landsliding event in Campania, Southern Italy: Inventory of slope movements in the Quindici area

ByD. Calcaterra, M. Parise, B. Palma, L. Pelella

part 13|41 pages

Simulation and analysis of debris flow

chapter |10 pages

A proposed methodology for rock avalanche analysis

ByR. Couture, S.G. Evans, J. Locat, J. Hadjigeorgiou, P. Antoine

chapter |6 pages

The Otari debris flow disaster occurred in December 1996

ByH. Kawakami, H. Suwa, H. Marui, O. Sato, K. Izumi

chapter |6 pages

Dimensional analysis of a flume design for laboratory debris flow simulation

ByL.C.P. Chan, K.T. Chau

chapter |6 pages

Shear characteristics at the occurrence and motion of debris flow

ByYuichi Yamashita, Norio Yagi, Ryuichi Yatabe, Kinutada Yokota

chapter |6 pages

Three-dimensional numerical modeling of muddy debris flows

ByH. Chen, C.F. Lee

chapter |5 pages

Mechanism of soil deformations during the displacements of flow slides

ByO.V. Zerkal, V.N. Sokolov

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