1st Edition

Reflections on Slope Stability Engineering

By Edward N. Bromhead Copyright 2024
198 Pages
by CRC Press

198 Pages
by CRC Press

198 Pages
by CRC Press

Slope stability engineering is both an art and a science practised by many civil and geotechnical engineers involved in work on landslides, earth dams, breakwaters, coastal defence, earthworks slopes for roads, canals, railways, pipelines, housing developments, and other related developments. This book contains the detailed reflections of its author, who has practised and researched in the... Read more

1. Landslide recognition, description, classification and mapping. 

2. Ground investigations. 

3. Things that cause landslides to occur or move, from geology to human stupidity. 

4. The development of ideas in slope stability analysis. 

5. Modern methods and back analysis. 

6. Water, mainly inside the ground. 

7. Surface water in motion: scour, transport and deposition. 

8. Dealing with the landslide problem without stabilisation. 

9. Remedying landslides. 

10. Epilogue. 

Biography

Edward N. Bromhead is a retired Professor from Kingston University, UK, and a former consulting engineer. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer, a Fellow of the Geological Society, a former Glossop Lecturer and was awarded The Varnes Medal in 2023. He is author of The Stability of Slopes (CRC Press) and many journal and conference papers.