Stability analysis of unsaturated slopes subjected to rainfall infiltration

• Main Authors: El-Fadil, Mohamed El-Byhagi, Gofar, Nurly
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Civil Engineering 2008
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8582/1/MEBEFadil2008-Stability_Analysis_Of_Unsaturated_Slopes.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8582/; http://www.fka.utm.my

Prolonged high intensity rainfall which took place on 17 to 20 December has triggered a number of slope failures at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Skudai campus. Two instrumented slopes were investigated for the effects of soil characteristics on the mechanism of rainfall infiltration in slope....