Failure Conditions In Infinite Slopes And The Resulting Soil Pressures

Excerpt from Failure Conditions in Infinite Slopes and the Resulting Soil Pressures Beginning with Rankine more than a century ago, scientists and engineers alike have sought to improve techniques for calculating soil pressures beneath the earth's surface. This capability has been important not only for predicting soil pressures against structures such as retaining walls and foundations, but also for predicting the depths and pressures at which soil masses will fail when disturbed by either man or nature. This paper, based on Rankine's classic assumptions and the contributions of others, offers some additional refinements for calculating soil pressures. The equations have particular relevance to much of the steep, mountainous lands managed by the usda Forest Service, particularly the Idaho Batholith, where Intermountain Station engineers and scientists are studying slope stability and erosion problems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.