Ebook: Geotechnical slope analysis

Aims and overview : slopes, geology, and materials -- Basic geotechnical concepts -- Performance indicators and basic probability concepts -- Limit equilibrium methods I : planar failure surfaces -- Limit equilibrium methods II : slip surfaces and beyond critical equilibrium -- Stress-deformation analyses and their role in slope analysis -- Natural slope analysis considering initial stresses -- Plasticity and shear band analyses : a brief review -- Earthquake effects and seismic slope analysis -- Probabilistic approaches and reliability analyses -- Case study of urban slope stability -- Summing up.;1 Aims and overview - slopes, geology and materials1.1 Introduction1.2 Overview of recent developments and trends1.2.1 Increasing frequency and impact of disasters from slope failures and landslides1.2.2 Climate change, global warming and sea level rise1.2.3 Built slopes - lessons from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Katrina1.2.4 New developments related to slope analysis1.2.5 Importance of probabilistic analysis1.2.6 GIS-based methods and analyses1.2.7 Assessments concerning very large landslides1.2.8 Landslide frequency related to magnitude1.2.9 Assessing regional landslide susceptibil.