Cut Slope

Natural or In Situ soil structure

Filled Slope/Embankment
Artificial soil structure
Apart from external triggers like heavy
rains, earthquakes, construction
projects, there are also internal causes
for slope failures. Slopes lose strength
over time through numerous events
Structural discontinuities like bedding
planes, faults or the interface between
weathered rock and the underlying
bedrock. This kind of failure leads to
sliding action
This kind of failure causes a rock mass to
slide along two intersecting
discontinuities. This mode of failure
needs the dip angle of at least one joint
intersection to be greater than the angle
of friction of the joint surface.
Toppling failure occurs due to
steep discontinuities in the
rock which eventually leads to
slippage of the layers and the
outward and downward
movement of a column of rock.
In this type of failure, a rock mass of any
size is detached from a steep slope or
cliff where there is very little shear
resistance. One detached, it descends
mostly by air and could cause significant
damage.