Instrumentation of an unsaturated residual soil slope

• Main Authors: Rahardjo, Harianto, Leong, Eng Choon, Hritzuk, K. J., Gasmo, J. M.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Geotechnical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101470; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7325
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The stability of slopes has become a major concern in areas that experience frequent periods of heavy rainfall such as the tropical areas of Southeast Asia. Previous research has indicated that rainfall has a detrimental effect on the stability of residual soil slopes. The reason for this is that th...