Description:

This guide presents criteria for site exploration, laboratory testing, and design of cut slopes in loessial soils for southeastern Washington State. Design schemes for slope drainage systems are presented also. A design checklist keyed to this guide is included in the appendix. A summary of typical soil properties and cut slope behavior is included.

 

• Date Published: January, 1988
• Publication Number: WA-RD 145.2
• Last Modified: September 2, 2007
• Authors: Jerry D. Higgins, Richard J. Fragaszy.
• Originator: Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC)
• # of Pages: 71 p., 1,934 KB (PDF)
• Subject: Design, Drainage structures, Embankments, Guidelines, Laboratory tests, Loess, Properties of materials, Soils.
• Keywords: Loess, cut slope, design, Washington (State)
• Related Publications: Engineering Design in Loess Soils of Southeastern Washington, (WA-RD 145.1).

This abstract was last modified April 29, 2008