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dc.rights.licenseAll rights reserveden_US
dc.contributor.advisorCollazos, Omaira
dc.contributor.authorCastro Del Valle, Melissa
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-28T11:47:53Z
dc.date.available2020-07-28T11:47:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationCastro Del Valle, M. (2012). Analysis of a slope failure in Los Canales Road in Carolina Puerto Rico after the tropical storm Irene [Unpublished manuscript]. Graduate School, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12475/474
dc.descriptionDesign Project Article for the Graduate Programs at Polytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract ⎯ Natural slopes are susceptible to instability due to different factors. This study investigates the factors that contributed to the Los Canales slope failure. The main factors that could contribute to the slope failure are slope saturation due to rainfall infiltrations as consequence of the tropical storm Irene and slope profile change due to cutting of the slope toe. The soil type and properties were determined through laboratory tests on a soil sample. A preliminary analysis using stability charts was performed to compute the factor of safety and locate the origin of the potential failure surface. The failure surface was assumed as circular due to a visual inspection of the slope failure. The limit equilibrium method was used with the computer software SLOPE/W to find the critical surface failure. This study intends to provide slope restoration considerations for the failed slope reducing the existing vulnerability in the site. Key Terms ⎯ Slope Restoration, Slope Saturation, Slope Toe Cutting, Stability Analysis.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPolytechnic University of Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCivil Engineering;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSpring-2012;
dc.relation.haspartSan Juanen_US
dc.subject.lcshLandslides--Risk assessmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshSlopes (Physical geography)--Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico--Graduate students--Research
dc.titleAnalysis of a Slope Failure in Los Canales Road in Carolina Puerto Rico after the Tropical Storm Ireneen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.holderPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Schoolen_US


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