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The University of Texas Department of Civil Engineering

Professor Stephen G. Wright
SLOPE STABILITY - CHARTS OR STABILITY NUMBERS
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the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, ASCE, Vol. 92, No. SM5, September, pp. 51-65.
Bell, James M. (1968) Closure to "Dimensional Parameters for Homogeneous Earth Slopes,"
Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, ASCE, Vol. 94, No. SM3, May, pp.
763-766.
Bishop, A.W. and Morgenstern, Norbert (1960) "Stability Coefficients for Earth Slopes,"
Geotechnique, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, Vol. 10, No. 4, December, pp. 129-150.
Cousins, Brian F. (1978) "Stability Charts for Simple Earth Slopes," Journal of the Geotechnical
Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. GT2, February, pp. 267-279.
Desai, Chandrakant S. (1977) "Drawdown Analysis of Slopes by Numerical Method," Journal of
the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 103, No. GT7, July, pp. 667-676.
Duncan, J.M. and Buchignani, A.L. (1975) An Engineering Manual for Slope Stability Studies,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, March, 83 p.
Ellis, Harold B. (1973) "Use of Cycloidal Arcs for Estimating Ditch Safety," Journal of the Soil
Mechanics and Foundations Division, ASCE, Vol. 99, No. SM2, February, pp. 165-179.
Giger, Max W. and Krizek, Raymond J. (1976) "Stability of Vertical Corner Cut with
Concentrated Surcharge Load," Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol.
92, No. GT1, January, pp. 31-40.
Huang, Yang H. (1977) "Stability Coefficients for Sidehill Benches," Journal of the Geotechnical
Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 103, No. GT5, May, pp. 467-481.
Huang, Yang H. (1978) "Stability Charts for Sidehill Fills," Technical Note, Journal of the
Geotechnical EngineeringDivision, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. GT5, May, pp. 659-663.
Hunter J. H., and R. L. Schuster, "Stability of Simple Cuttings in Normally Consolidated Clays,"
Geotechnique, Institution of Civil Engineers, Great Britain, Vol. 18, No. 3, Sept., 1968, pp. 372-
378.
Janbu, Nilmar (1954) "Stability Analysis of Slopes with Dimensionless Parameters," Soil
Mechanics Series No. 46, Harvard University, January, 81 p.
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Janbu, Nilmar (1967) Discussion of paper "Dimensionless Parameters for Homogeneous Earth
Slopes," by Bell, Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, ASCE, Vol. 93, No.
SM6, November, pp. 367-374.
Lo, Kwan Yee (1965) "Stability of Slopes in Anisotropic Soils," Journal of the Soil Mechanics
and Foundations Division, ASCE, Vol. 91, No. SM4, July, pp. 85-106.
Morgenstern, Norbert (1963) "Stability Charts for Earth Slopes During Rapid Drawdown,"
Geotechnique, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, Vol. 13, No. 2, June, pp. 121-131.
Prater, Edward G. (1979) "Yield Acceleration for Seismic Stability of Slopes," Technical Note,
Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 105, No. GT5, May, pp. 682-
687.
Spencer, E. (1967) "A Method of Analysis of the Stability of Embankments Assuming Parallel
Inter-Slice Forces," Geotechnique, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, Vol. 17, No. 1, March,
pp. 11-26.
Taylor, Donald W. (1937) "Stability of Earth Slopes," Journal of the Boston Society of Civil
Engineers, Vol. 24, No. 3, July. (Reprinted in Contributions to Soil Mechanics: 1925-1940,
Boston Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 337-386.)