Slope stability, basic concepts and definition, stability as applied to Soils and rock, role of Slope Stability in Economic design and operation, classification and mechanics of slope failure, fall, slides, flows, plane, wedge, circular, toppling, buckling, Prandtle type, block and key block failures. Factors affecting slope stability: geological, structural, geometry, geotechnical, blasting and dynamic loading, time and rock types.
Slope stability analysis, deterministic and probabilistic approaches, method of slope stability analysis, factor of safety, stability charts and its applications, physical, analytical and mechanical methods in slope analysis. Landslides – causes, prediction, prevention and monitoring for stability.
Field instrumentation, monitoring and design of stable slopes, stablization and strengthening of slope, design of waste and tailing dams, case study, histories of slope failures.