ABSTRACT

The design of slopes and embankments is covered by Sections 11 (‘Overall stability’) and 12 (‘Embankments’) of Eurocode 7 Part 1, whose contents are as follows:

§x.1 General (2 paragraphs in §11.1 and 2 paragraphs in §12.1) §x.2 Limit states (2 and 2) §x.3 Actions and design situations (6 and 8) §x.4 Design and construction considerations (11 and 13) §x.5 Ultimate limit state design (26 and 7) §x.6 Serviceability limit state design (3 and 4) §11.7 Monitoring (2) and §12.7 Supervision and monitoring (5)

where ‘x’ is 11 or 12 as appropriate.