Soil Slope Failure Investigation Management Systems

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dc.contributor.advisorAydilek, Ahmet Hen_US
dc.contributor.authorRamanathan, Raghav Sarathyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-04T05:30:26Z
dc.date.available2013-07-04T05:30:26Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractHighway slopes are exposed to environmental and climatic conditions, such as deforestation, cycles of freezing and thawing weather, heavy storms etc. Over time these climatic conditions can influence slope stability in combination with other factors such as geological formations, slope angle and groundwater conditions. These factors contribute towards causing slope failures that are hazards to highway structures and the traveling public. Consequently, it is crucial to have a soil slope failure investigation management system to track, record, evaluate, analyze and review the soil slope failure data and soil slope remediation data so that cost effective and statistically efficient remedial plans may be developed. This paper presents the framework for developing such a system for The State of Maryland, using a GIS database and a collective overlay of maps to indicate potentially unstable highway slopes through spatial and statistical analysis.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/14250
dc.subject.pqcontrolledGeotechnologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledGeographic information science and geodesyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCivil engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGIS databaseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSlope failure inventoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSlope Stabilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSoil slope failureen_US
dc.titleSoil Slope Failure Investigation Management Systemsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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