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Structurally controlled landslides in saprolitic soils in Hong Kong

Irfan, T.Y.

Abstract A number of large slope failures which have occurred in Hong Kong have highlighted the important influence that discontinuities in saprolitic soils can have on slope stability. Conventional stability analyses normally adopted for such soils, which assume failure through intact materials of uniform shear strength, are not appropriate if discontinuity-controlled failures can be postulated. Stress history and present-day weathering effects should also be taken into consideration in the assessment of the long-term stability of slopes in weathered rocks in tropical and subtropical regions. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998

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Structurally controlled landslides in saprolitic soils in Hong Kong

Irfan, T.Y.

Abstract A number of large slope failures which have occurred in Hong Kong have highlighted the important influence that discontinuities in saprolitic soils can have on slope stability. Conventional stability analyses normally adopted for such soils, which assume failure through intact materials of uniform shear strength, are not appropriate if discontinuity-controlled failures can be postulated. Stress history and present-day weathering effects should also be taken into consideration in the assessment of the long-term stability of slopes in weathered rocks in tropical and subtropical regions. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998

Structurally controlled landslides in saprolitic soils in Hong Kong

Irfan, T.Y.

Abstract A number of large slope failures which have occurred in Hong Kong have highlighted the important influence that discontinuities in saprolitic soils can have on slope stability. Conventional stability analyses normally adopted for such soils, which assume failure through intact materials of uniform shear strength, are not appropriate if discontinuity-controlled failures can be postulated. Stress history and present-day weathering effects should also be taken into consideration in the assessment of the long-term stability of slopes in weathered rocks in tropical and subtropical regions. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998

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Title:

Structurally controlled landslides in saprolitic soils in Hong Kong

Contributors:

Irfan, T.Y. (author)

Published in:

Geotechnical & Geological Engineering ; 16

Publication date:

1998

ISSN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008805827178

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

Classification:

BKL: 38.58 Geomechanik / 57.00 Bergbau: Allgemeines / 56.20 Ingenieurgeologie, Bodenmechanik
Local classification TIB: 275/3750

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