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Dr. Shubham Singhal receives Best Paper award

Dr. Shubham Singhal received Best Paper Presentation Award for his research work on Study of Slope Stability Analysis of Hill Slopes with Retaining Walls at the 5th International Conference on Trends & Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE-2024) held on 15 and 16 October at Amity University, Noida. The other authors of this paper are  Ravindra Kumar Tomar, Amity University and Ashish Tamang, 3Powergrid Corporation of India Limited, Mangan.

Here is the summary of the research work as explained by the authors:

This study analyses the slope stability of hills under different heights of retaining walls and slope angles, both with and without water pressure, using the Morgenstern-Price analysis method in GeoStudio software. The slip surface option employed is Entry and Exit, and the slope stability material model is Mohr-Coulomb. The deciding parameter for the analysis is the Factor of Safety. The study finds that when water pressure is considered, the stability of slopes with the same angle and wall height is lower than that of slopes without water pressure. Additionally, as the slope angle increases, the stability of the slope decreases. The study also reveals that a slope that is stable at 30˚ under no water pressure condition becomes unstable when water pressure is considered. Finally, based on the available data and analysis results, the study infers that more than half of the area is considered unsafe since slopes with a gradient of more than 30˚ have a factor of safety of less than one. The findings of this study can be used to design and plan effective slope stabilisation measures and land use planning in the region.

November 2024