Performance of horizontal drains in residual soil slopes

• Main Authors: Rahardjo, Harianto, Santoso, Vera Amalia, Leong, Eng Choon, Ng, Yew Song, Hua, Chai Juay
• 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/10356/93919; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7165
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In tropical and subtropical regions, shallow landslides often occur in residual soil slopes. Short duration and high intensity rainfall will increase pore-water pressure and as a result, shear strength of soil in slopes decrease and stability of the slopes is affected. In this study, horizontal drai...