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Soil Reinforcement Methods for Environmental Protection of Slope Failure Against Landslides

Received: 8 December 2022     Accepted: 26 December 2022     Published: 10 January 2023
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Slopes are not stable due to the variations of slope gradient combined with the driving forces including the groundwater action, producing shear stresses in the slopes, which are contradicted by the soil shear strength. The slopes instability may cause the displacement of the mass of soil downstream recognised as landslide. Consequently, landslides are one of the most significant catastrophic phenomena observed on the earth surface. This phenomenon can be considered as a major concern on the social and economic point of view and for the quality of life of a local population, including also the environmental impact on the ground water level, blockage of rivers, road destruction, forests and ecosystems destruction, etc. Therefore, soil reinforcement has become one of the best forms of embankment protection against slopes failure. This work used soil reinforcement methods by using retaining structures, slope design with low gradient and vegetation cover to stabilize the embankment. The usage of the shear strength reduction technique was carried out to evaluate the stability of embankment slope. This process has tendency to reduce shear strength as rarer as failure is produced. This study is achieved along with pseudo-static and static methodologies. Varied parameters influence on the stability of slopes are revealed by accomplishment of many studies. To end, the Static method findings are acceded to comparison with the ones found by Pseudo-Static method. The results showed that the stability of reinforced slopes was reached and the slope can resist against landslides.

Published in American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 12, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajep.20231201.12
Page(s) 11-17
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Keywords

Slope, Landslides, Environment, Impact, Landslides

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    Adolphe, K., Harmel, O. O., Florent, B., Lacaba, R. G., Gonçalves, A. O. (2023). Soil Reinforcement Methods for Environmental Protection of Slope Failure Against Landslides. American Journal of Environmental Protection, 12(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajep.20231201.12

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    Adolphe, K.; Harmel, O. O.; Florent, B.; Lacaba, R. G.; Gonçalves, A. O. Soil Reinforcement Methods for Environmental Protection of Slope Failure Against Landslides. Am. J. Environ. Prot. 2023, 12(1), 11-17. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20231201.12

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    Adolphe K, Harmel OO, Florent B, Lacaba RG, Gonçalves AO. Soil Reinforcement Methods for Environmental Protection of Slope Failure Against Landslides. Am J Environ Prot. 2023;12(1):11-17. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20231201.12

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Author Information
  • Departement of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Technics, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo

  • Mechanical, Energy and Engineering Laboratory, Higher National Polytechnic School, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo

  • Departement of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Technics, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo

  • Departement of Geology, Faculty of Mines and Geology, Higher Institute of Mines and Metallurgy, Moa, Cuba

  • Departement of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Agostinho Neto University, Luanda, Angola

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