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EPSRC Reference: GR/R72341/01
Title: ROPA: MODELLING THE EFFECTS OF VEGETATION ON PORE PRESSURES IN SOILS
Principal Investigator: Powrie, Professor W
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Department: School of Civil Eng and The Environment
Organisation: University of Southampton
Scheme: ROPA
Starts: 27 March 2002 Ends: 26 March 2004 Value (£): 181,833
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Ground Engineering
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Construction Environment
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It is well known that by removing moisture from the soil and creating negative pore water pressures, vegetation can help stabilize slopes. However, quantification of this effect is difficult and in most analyses of slope stability the influence of vegetation is usually ignored. This research aims to investigate the feasibility of accounting for the effect of vegetation on pore water pressures in soils in numerical analyses of by imposing appropriate flow boundary conditions. Cyclic seasonal effects will also be considered.
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