Mechanics of Landslides

Author: Cogen, William Maurice

Year: 1937

Degree: Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Buwalda, John P.

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Geology

DOI: 10.7907/M78R-XP91

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether landslides could be predicted for hill slopes of known inclinations from data secured by laboratory tests performed on samples of the ground under consideration. Specifically, the investigation was to show whether a correlation existed between experimentally determined values for friction and cohesion of ground and calculated values based upon the configuration of earth masses that had slid. The ability to determine the stability of slopes from experimental data is of obvious significance.

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