Importance of soil property sampling location in slope stability assessment
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2019, 56 (3), pp. 335 - 346
- Issue Date:
- 2019-01-01
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© 2019, Canadian Science Publishing. All rights reserved. Site investigations provide characterization of soil properties, but inevitable uncertainty remains at locations that have not been examined. Only a limited scope of site investigation can be conducted due to budget and time constraints, hence there are always risks associated with design based on limited investigation information. An efficient geotechnical site investigation should involve choosing the optimal number and location of borehole sites to gain adequate information for a given cost. Using a slope as an example, this paper proposes a framework to find the best sampling location that gives the most information while minimizing the probability of making the wrong decisions. The results suggest that the slope crest appears to be the optimal location to conduct geotechnical site exploration for slope stability assessment.
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