Slope stability of fills

[killswitchengage]

Hello
So a bunch of wise guys tried to make a cut through a slope which they didn't know what it was composed off , and then realized that the stability of the important road above the slope is in danger . They asked us to asses the stability of the slope which we discovered is composed of fill perhaps 8 m high ! eventually under the fill we found a succession of fresh limestone and DW schist. We only made one pressumeter test so i was wondering how could we compute the shear strength and weight of the fill ?

 

[GeoPaveTraffic]

Well since you didn't test the fill, you will have to either go back to the field and take some tests or you will have to guess.

Mike Lambert