Surficial slope failures are generally induced by the collection of precipitation in the cracks formed during dry summers. In the present research, an earthen dam in North Texas subjected to past failures due to surficial slope failures was selected. Soil ...

<p>In this study, an attempt has been made to investigate the deformation and moisture transfer behaviour of Shirahama sandstone using small cylindrical samples.</p>

The side slopes of a railway embankment in central British Columbia, constructed with local lacustrine silt, on relatively flat ground, began to fail several years after construction. Shallow instability ultimately developed on both sides of the embankment ...