In my master's thesis, I analysed a landslide near the village of Hrib pri Kamniku from geological and geotechnical aspects. The field work comprised engineering-geological mapping of the landslide area and its surroundings. In addition to that, I also cooperated in the process of drilling of boreholes along with SPT and DPSH tests. The analysed landslide is 50 m wide and about 30 m long. It posed a threat to the south-side valley part of a local road. Most of the investigated area is made of mostly Miocene or Oligocene clastic rocks, and less of Triassic shale claystones and limestones. Boreholes, SPT and DPSH tests showed that the investigated ground is made of unevenly thick layers of clay, clay-silt and sandy soils, which are deposited on bedrock made of sandstone and marlstone. Based on the results, I obtained from the field work, I was able to construct two geological maps and two cross-sections. I used the geotechnical parameters of soil and rock, gained from all the field investigation methods, to perform several different slope stability models. I was consequently able to determine soil conditions at failure and efficiency of soil stabilization elements on the safety of the road section. I concluded that the critical slip surface formed on the south edge of the road, in a layer of clay with an angle of internal friction φ=20° and cohesion c=3 kPa, and at a high groundwater level in this layer. The failure surface was noncircular with factor of safety F=0.979. To mitigate the landslide, the project designer decided to build a pile wall. I concluded that the first slip surface, on which the stabilizing elements (piles and anchors) did not have any effect on, had the value of factor of safety F=3.632. I compared my slope stability models with those made for two landslides that were triggered in the vicinity of my analysed landslide. I found out that all three failures happened along slip surfaces in layers of cohesive soils. Furthermore, I concluded that, in the studied case, stabilization elements have better effect on increase of the safety of the road section.
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