PROCEEDINGS OFTHE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SLOPE STABILITY ENGINEERING- IS-SHIKOKU'99 / MATSUYAMA/ SHIKOKU/JAPAN/ 8-II NOVEMBER 1999
Slope Stability Engineering Editedby
Norio Yagi Ehime U niversity, l apan
Takuo Yamagami & Jing-Cai Jiang University ofTokushima, Japan
VOLUME l
A.A.BALKEMA/ROITERDAM/ BROOKFIELD/ 1999
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Slope Stability Engineering, Yagi, Yamagami & Jiang \. 1999 Balkema. Rotterdam, ISBN 90 5809 079 5
Table of contents
Preface
Organization
Speciallecture
Flow-type failure of slopes based on behavior of anisotropically consolidated sand Klshihara, Y.Tsukamoto & S.Nakayama
Keynote lectures
The limit analysis far slopes: Theory, methods and applications ZChen
Using limi t equilibrium concepts in finite element slope stability analysis D.G.Fredlund & R.E.G.Scoular
Stability of geosynthetic reinforced steep slopes D. Leshchinsky
The mechanisms, causes and remediation of cliff instability on the western coast of the Black Sea MPopescu
Design of slope stabilizing piles H.G.Poulos
l Geologica[ and geotechnical site investigations
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Geoenvironmental factors influencing the de terioration of shale in a rockslope l 03 A M Elleboudy
Weathering mechanism and slope failures of graniti c rocks in Southwest Japan l 09 - Effect ofhydrothermal activities R.Kitagawa
Si te investigation of weathered expansive mudrock slopes: Implications for slope instability 115 and s1ope stabilization R.JMaharaj
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lnvestigation of cut slope consisting of serpentinite and schist H. K itamura, M.Aoki, T Nishikawa, TYamamoto, M. Suzuki & T Umezaki
Using multibeam sonar surveys for submarine landslide investigations J. Locat, J. V.Gardner, H. Lee, L Mayer,J. E. H ughes Clarke & E. Kammerer
Automatic measurement of pore water pressure in the hard-rock slope and the sliding weathered-rock slope- Field survey in mountainous region in Shikoku Island, Japan
E.Tamura & S.Matsuka
Fie l d measurement of suction in so il and rainfall in Kagoshima Prefecture R.Kitamura, K.Jomoto, K.Yamamoto, TTerachi, H.Abe & Tlryo
Application of acoustic emission method to Shirasu slope monitoring TFujiwara, K.Monma &Alshibashi
Acoustic emission technique for monitoring soil and rock slope instability A Kousteni, R. Hill, N Dixon & J. Kavanagh
Hydraulic fracturing as a mechanism of rapid rock mass slides S.Hasegawa & TSawada
Evolution of ridge-top linear depressions and a disintegration process of mountains K.Mokudai & M.Chigira
Geologica! characteristics of landslides of the soft rock type, Centrai Japan
TFujita
Study of configuration, scale and distribution of landslides
S.Ueno
Geodynamics and spatial distribution of properties of sea cliff colluviurn E. Dembicki & W. Subotowicz
A mineralogica! study of the rnechanism of landslide in the serpentinite belt K.Yokota, R.Yatabe &NYagi
Detailed geotechnical study in Modi Khola Hydroelectric Project, Western Nepal
V. Dangol & T R. Paudel
Local instability in saturated colluvial slopes in southern Brazil W.ALacerda
2 Soil slope stability analyses
A new theory on instability of planar-sliding slope - Stiffness effect instability theory
QinSiqing
Ultimate state of a slope at non-linear unsteady creep and damage
S.A Elsoufiev
Application ofFEM on the basis of elasto-viscoplastic model to landslide problems H.Fujii , S.Nishimura, THori & K.Shimada
Coupled excavation analyses of vertical cut and slopes in clay THoshikawa, TNakai & Y.Nishi
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Effects of a deep excavation on a potentially unstable urban hillside in San Marino G.Gottardi, G. Marchi, L Tonni & FBianchi
Displacements of a slope in the Euganean Hills induced by quarrying SCola & P.Simonini
Stability evaluation of sliding failure along thin rnudstone deposi t due to excavation Y. Nakamura, J.Kojima, S.Hanagata, K.Narita & Y.Ohne
Appraisal ofBishop' s method of slope stability analysis G. L Si vakumar Babu & A C Bijoy
A convenient alternative representation ofTaylor's stability chart R. Baker & Y.Tanaka
lnftuence of stress-strain curves on safety factors and inter-slice forces in FEM A Mochizuki, J.Xiong & M. Mikasa
Slope stability analysis considering the deformation of slices Y.Terado, H.Hazarika, TYamazaki & H.Hayamizu
Slope stability analysis using a spring anached to inter-slice planes K.Kondo & S.Hayashi
Three-dirnensional stability analysis of locally loaded slopes X.Q.Yang, S.X.He & ZD.Liu
A lower-bound solution of earth pressure of cohesive backfill with inclined slope surface M.Luan, TNian, CFLee, K.TLaw, K.Ugai & Q.Yang
Shear band formation and propagation in clay slopes LE.Vallejo
Progressive failure analysis of slopes based on a LEM TYamagami , M.Taki, J.-CJiang & S.Yamabe
Progressive failure analysis based on a rnethod of non-vertical slices TYamagami, Y.AKhan &J.-Cliang
Back analysis of unsaturated shear strength from a circular slope failure J.-CJiang, T.Yamagami & Y.Ueta
A back analysis ofMC-DP mode! parameters based on FEM and NLSSQP rnethod T.Q.Feng, TYamagami &J.-CJiang
An FE analysis of anisotropie soil slopes and back analysis for its parameters T.Q.Feng, T.Yamagami &J.-Cliang
3 Rock slope stability analyses
An upper bound wedge failure analysis method ZY.Chen, Y.J.Wang, X.G.Wang &J.Wang
Stability analysis of rockfill dam and retaining wall constructed on dip bedrock SS.Chen & X.S.Fang
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Soil-water coupling analysis of progressive failure of cut slope using a sn·ain softening mode l 333 TAdachi , FOka, H.Osaki, H.Fukui & FZhang
A back analysis in assessing the stability of slopes by means of surface measurements 339
S.Sakurai & TNakayama
Numerica! simulation of excavation of the permanent ship lock in the Three Gorges Project 345
Y. Zhang & K. Yin
Numerica! simulation ofthe buckling failure in rock slopes 349 Y.Hu & H.-G.Kempfert
Fuzzy-based stability investigation of sliding rock masses 355 N.O.Nawari & R.Liang
Stability evaluation of discontinuous rock slope 361 K.Kawamura & MNishioka
Earthquake and seepage effects on the mobilised shear strength of closely jointed rock 367
M l Pender
4 Effects of rainfall and groundwater
Design chart for cut slope in unsaturated residua! soils 375 R.Subramaniam & FH.Ali
Factors affecting on water retention characteristic of soils 381 K. Kawai, D. Karube & H. Seguchi
Suction profiles and stability of residua! soil slopes 387 E. C Leong, B. K. Low & H. Rahardjo
Effects of perched water table on slope stability in unsaturated soils 393 LTHuat, F.H.Ali, S.Mariappan & P.K.Soon
Field suction variation with rainfall on cut slope in weathered sedimentary residua! so il 399 LTHuat, F.H.Ali & S.Mariappan
Study of slope stability for Pleistocene cemented sandy sediments in Singapore 405 (Old Alluvium) K.K.Poh, P.B.Ng & K.Orihara
Infiuence of pore water pressures in partly submerged slopes on the criticai poollevel 411 E.N.Bromhead, A1Harris & P.D.1Watson
Role of pore water and air pressures on slope stability in reservoir for purnped storage 417
powerplant T Sa t o, N. Nishizawa, M Wakamatsu, Y. H iraiwa & L Kumazaki
Seepage characteristics of decomposed granite soil slope during rainfall 423 S. Sasaki, S.Araki & K.Nishida
Relation between slope stability and groundwater fio w caused by rainfalls 429 M Enoki & AA Kokubu
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Salient aspects of numerica! analyses of rainfall induced slope instability C-H.Wang
Centrifuge model tests and stability analysis on mobilizing process of shear strength of decomposed granite soil slope S.Yoshirake & K.Onirsuka
Centrifuge tests on slope failure during water infiltration H. G. B.Allersma
Reinforcement's effects in the tank-model prediction of slope failures due to rainfalls MShimizu
Investigation of danger rainfall prediction system for natura! and cut slopes H.Miki,AFujii &MFuruta
Predicting rainfall-induced slope failures from moisture content measurement M Nishigaki, ATohari & M Komatsu
Analytical study on the slope stability during rainfall and the rainfall indexes ATogari-Ohta, TSugiyama, TNara & S.Yamazaki
Evaluation of criticai rainfall with logit mode l TSugii, K.Yamada & T Uno
Strategy for prevention of natura! disaster due to slope failure R. Kitamura, T l ryo, H.Abe, H. Yakabe & K. Yamamoto
Relationships between rainfalls and landslides after forest damages by typhoons S. Murata, H. Shibuya & K. H ayashi
Threshold rainfall for Beragala landslide in Sri Lanka A K. Dissanayake, Y. Sasaki & N. H. Seneviratne
The importance of the groundwater regime studies of unstable slopes- An example of investigations on the landslide 'Plavinac', Yugoslavia G.Rasula & MRasula
Landslides induced by rainstorm in the Poun area of Chungchongbukdo Province D.Han&K.Kim
Characteristics of Cretaceous granite slopes that failed during heavy rainfall TYamamoto, M Suzuki, N. Matsumoto & Y. Sehara
Seepage analyses of embankrnents on Tokaido-Shinkansen in long term rainfalls K. Kato & S. Sakajo
lnstability analyses of embankments on Tokaido-Shinkansen in heavy rainfalls S. Sakajo & K. Kato
Chemical effect of groundwater from aci d rain on slope evolution ZXu & R.Huang
Slope failures triggered by an earthquake and a heavy rain in Chi ba S.Yasuda, Y.Yoshida, TKobayashi & TMizunaga
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N umerical evaluation of the effects of drainage pipes T.Yamagami, K.Nishida &1.-Cliang
Effects of horizontal drains on ground water leve! and slope stability F.Cai & K.Ugai
5 Effects of seismicity
Collapse of high embankment in the 1994 far-off Sanriku Earthquake Y. Shioi & S. Sutoh
Slope instability of large embankments in residenti al areas caused by the Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake, 1995 T.Kamai, Y.Kobayashi & H.Shuzui
Analysis oftoppling failure of mountain slope caused by the Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake T.Okimura, N Yoshida & N Torii
Stress conditi an and consequence of liquefaction on weathered grani tic sands Y. Okada, K. Sassa & H. Fu/...'Uoka
Effects of density, stress state and shear history on sliding-surface liquefaction behavior of sands in ring-shear apparatus G. Wang & K. Sassa
Real seismic-wave loading ring-shear test on the Nikawa landslide F.WWang, K.Sassa & H.Fukuoka
Dynamic properties of fine-grained soils in pre-sheared sliding surfaces MYoshimine, R. Kuwano, J. Kuwano & K.!shihara
Dependence of pare pressure generati an on frequency of loading at sliding surface D.A Vankov & K. Sassa
On-line earthquake response tests on embankrnents founded on saturated sandy deposits T.Fujii, MHyodo, Y.Nakata, K.Yabuki & S. Kusakabe
Dynamic centrifuge tests of embankments on sloped ground and their stability analyses J. Koseki, O. Matsuo, K. Kondo & S. Nishihara
Evaluation of liquefaction potential for loose minefill slopes P.Kudella
Runout distances of earthquake-induced landslides Y. Kobayashi
Evaluation of measured vertical and horizontal residual deformati an at crest of rockfill dam under earthquake T.Okamoto
Displacements of slopes subjected to seismic loads R.LMichalowski & LYou
Pennanent displacement analysis of circular sliding block during shaking H.R.Razaghi, E.Yanagisawa & MKazama
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Dynamic analyses of slopes based on a simple strain-softening mode! of so il A.Wakai & K.Ugai
Slope instability due to rainfall and earthquake K.Shimada, H.Fujii, S.Nishimura, T.Nishiyama & T. Morii
Shaking table tests of concrete block retaining walls S. Mori, T.Matsuyama & T. Ushiro
Shakedown analysis of so il foundations under vari ed loads M Luan, Y. Cao & K. U gai
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