Sloping, Benching, Embankments and Bundwalls
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Sloping, Benching, Embankments and Bundwalls Course
Introduction:
This brief course offers information on how to analyze the static stability of excavated slopes, natural slopes in soil and soft rock, slopes of other forms of embankments, and slopes of earth and rock-fill dams. Techniques for analyzing slope stability are explained, with case studies and examples to help visualize them. Strength test, analysis circumstances, and safety factor criteria are described. All conditions of equilibrium are satisfied by the stability analysis techniques covered in this course.
Course Objectives:
- To introduce the basic concept of limit equilibrium in static and quasi-static slope stability analyses
- To explain common methods of slope stability analysis, computer software, and design charts
- To discuss design considerations for embankments, excavations, and other man-made slopes
- To analyze the stability of natural slopes in soils and soft rocks
- To outline technologies for slope stabilization
- To practice slope stability analysis and design calculations via exercises and case studies
Who Should Attend?
Geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, consulting engineers, design engineers, field engineers, technicians and technologists, and other individuals who need to build background on slope stability analyses and design. The course is also best suited for civil engineers, engineering geologists, soil scientists, city and public works officials, city planners, and other design professionals who deal with construction-related slope stability and stabilization issues.
Course Outlines:
Introduction
- Purpose and scope
- Basic design considerations
- Theory of stability analysis
- Design procedure
- Modes of slope failure
Design Considerations
- Introduction
- Loading conditions
- During construction and at the end of construction
- Steady-state seepage conditions
- Sudden drawdown stability
- Stability during earthquakes
Design Criteria
- General
- New embankment dams
- Existing embankment dams
- Other slopes
Calculations and Presentations
- Analysis methods
- Verification of computer analyses and results
- Presentation of the analysis and results
Case Studies