Pre-Class - Causes of Slope Failure

Before we can understand how to analyze slope failure, we need to understand the basic causes of slope failure. This will help us identify the factors that contribute to slope instability and how they interact with the soil to cause failure.

Reading

Read the following sections from the textbook:

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Examples and Causes of Slope Failure

Videos

Slides: causes of slope failure.pptx