Development and Testing of Riverbank-Stability Analysis
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The ability to predict the stability of eroding riverbanks is a prerequisite for modeling alluvial channel width adjustments and a requirement for predicting bank-erosion rates and sediment yield associated with bank erosion. However, there are a number of limitations of existing bank-stability analyses that limit their physical basis and predictive ability. Some of these limitations are addressed through the development of a new bank-stability analysis. The new approach is applicable to steep, cohesive, nonlayered riverbanks that fail along planar failure surfaces. Pore-water and hydrostatic confining pressure terms are included in the analysis. The failure plane is not constrained to pass through the toe of the bank. The predictive abilities of four bank-stability analyses (Lohnes and Handy 1968; Huang 1983; Osman and Thorne 1988; and the present analysis) were assessed using field data. The new analysis is the most successful of the tested analyses in terms of predicting the stability of riverbanks with respect to mass failure.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 122 • Issue 8 • August 1996
Pages: 443 - 454
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Copyright © 1996 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Aug 1, 1996
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