Effect of Placement of Footing on Stability of Slope
| Author(s) | : | Dr. Sunil S. Pusadkar, Ram S. Wanare |
| Institution | : | 1 Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Amravati, Maharashtra, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 1, Issue 8 — August 2014 |
| Page No. | : | 130-139 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
- Due to land limitations and increase in population, peoples are utilizing slopes (natural or manmade) for constructionpurpose. In such situation, when construction is carried out on slope without analyzing the stability and bearing capacity, slopemay result in failure. The present scenario at Uttarakhand in India is one of the examples of slope failure. Many people lost theirlives and property in Uttarakhand disaster. Footings of bridges abutments, foundations near to excavations, retaining walls andelectric transmission towers built on mountain slopes are the obvious examples of footing on slope. In this paper focus is made onanalyzing the slope for different locations of footing, and loading conditions. Analysis indicated that any stable slope may becomeunstable if new construction activity was carried out near as well as on the slope. The slopes were found to be stable for gi ven soilcondition and slope up to certain load, beyond which it becomes unstable. The stability of slope was found to be maximum whenload was placed at middle of slope.
Dr. Sunil S. Pusadkar, Ram S. Wanare, “Effect of Placement of Footing on Stability of Slope”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 1, Issue 8, pp. 130-139, August 2014.
