Sentence examples for deep-seated failures from inspiring English sources

However, the geofoam block configurations were unstable against seepage conditions that resulted in deep-seated failures of marginally stable, sand slopes.

The ice- advance- phase glaciolacustrine (LTA3, Fig. 3) sediment has been recognized as a prominent décollement plane for several deep-seated failures (Cruden et al. 1993, 1997; Miller 2000; Miller and Cruden 2001, 2002; Geertsema et al. 2006; Kim et al. 2010; Morgan et al. 2012).

"Each step in the development process has pitfalls that can set you up for deep-seated failure," he said.

Geotechnical investigations, supported by numerical modelling, have interpreted those instabilities as potential development of deep-seated failure.

The clayey layers caused by alteration and weathering of anorthosite are assumed to be located in the deep-seated failure surface of the tension cracks.

A two-dimensional (2D) finite difference method was adopted in this study to estimate the factor of safety (FS) against deep-seated failure of embankments over stone column-improved soft clay based on individual column and equivalent area models.

The factors influencing the FS against deep-seated failure of embankments over stone column-improved soft clay were investigated including the spacing, size, and friction angle of stone columns, cohesion of soft clay, friction angle and height of embankment fill, and existence of ground water.

However, for more complicated offshore scarps or for onshore mountainous regions, deep seated failures often develop along curved surfaces, and the top and bottom slope boundaries have a significant effect.

The epitome of deep-seated educational failure, Islington's schools were singled out by the incoming Labour government for the first significant experiment in privatisation.

The only triggering factor of deep-seated slope failure is the higher leachate level and the relatively high and steep slope in the front.

The observed ground settlement, toe displacements, and the deep-seated global failure of the RSW were well captured with the FE modeling and the Strength Reduction Method (SRM) incorporated in the FE program.