SLOPE FAILURE

PRESENTORS
ABD HAMID BIN MOHD NAJILI

MUHAMMAD SYAZWAN BIN

KAMARUZZAMAN

NAZLI BIN ABU BAKAR

FIRRA BINTI A.ROSLAN

 What is Slope Failure?
The downslope movement of rock debris
and soil in response to gravitational
stresses.
Also referred as Mass Wasting.
The types of movement:
Falls
Slides
flows.
Factors affecting Slope Failure
Triggering Events
Water
Gravity
 How to prevent slope failure?
Improve slope drainage.
Attaching the slope material to bedrock with
physical restraints (e.g., chicken wire,
cement, or rock bolts).
Supporting the base of the slope with
retaining walls.
Planting vegetation on the slope.
 Case Study

Rakyat Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

requested PB Geotechnique to carry
out assessment of slope failure at
Project Development at Saujana
Impian, Kajang.
 Objectives
To determine the potential causes of the
slope failures.
To gather as much information with
regard to the geological and subsoil
information.
To obtain relevant soil parameters for
slope assessment studies.
 Scope
In-Situ Soil Investigation.
Field works comprising of boreholes.
Laboratory test on disturbed and undisturbed
samples recovered from boreholes.
Geotechnical Assessment.
Site observation.
Slope stability assessment.
 Laboratory Test

o Moisture content
o Bulk Density
o Atterberg Limit
o Particle size distribution
o Consolidated Immediate Undrained
(CIU)
 Results
Constituents for Sandy Clayey Silt

Item Description BH1 (%) BH2 (%) BH3 (%) BH4 (%) BH5 (%)

1 gravel 3% - 32% 1% - 24% 1% - 8% 4% - 40% 1% - 31%

2 sand 11% - 35% 7% - 17% 5% - 34% 7% - 29% 3% - 19%

3 silt 20% - 52% 49% - 71% 48% - 80% 24% - 50% 33% - 76%

4 clay 8% - 34% 10% - 50% 9% - 24% 7% - 23% 17% - 26%

 Summary of F.O.S

Item Description Result of slope stability (F.O.S)

water far from slope water near slope
1 slope stability analysis for CH 20
soil profile BH 5
Soil parameter from CIU BH3 1.129 0.749
2 slope stability analysis for CH 40
soil profile BH 2, BH 3, BH 4
soil parameter from CIU BH 2 1.194 1.03
soil parameter from CIU BH 3 1.264 1.1
3 slope stability analysis for CH 65
soil profile BH 1
soil parameter from CIU BH 1 1.149 0.917
 Conclusion
Assessment are based on the site
observations, field and laboratory
investigation and slope stability analysis.

The failure could have been caused by

the presence of water infiltrating into the
slope.
 If F.O.S is less than 1.0, slope failure is
expected or unstable.

The sources of infiltration could have

been through:
The open platform at the top of the slope.
The earthdrain at the top of the slope.
Leakage in water pipe at the top of the
slope.
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