Embankment Stability Assessment in the Mfilou District (Brazzaville-Congo)

Kempena Adolphe; Watha Ndoudy Noël; Obami Ondon Harmel; Antonio Olimpio Gonçalves; Rafael Guardado Lacaba; Boudzoumou Florent

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Embankment Stability Assessment in the Mfilou District (Brazzaville-Congo)

Kempena Adolphe, Watha Ndoudy Noël, Obami Ondon Harmel, Antonio Olimpio Gonçalves, Rafael Guardado Lacaba, Boudzoumou Florent

Published in Earth Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 5)

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Abstract

Embankment failure is a common problem in Congo Republic. Almost each year in northern part of Brazzaville City embankments are facing problems such as rupturing or landslides. Among several reasons the main causes are considered because of geologically unstable materials, inadequate method of building, seepage and sliding. The current study aims to evaluate the effect of load and influence of topographic parameters such as the gradient and height of the slope on the road embankment stability with sandy landfill in the Mfilou district, Brazzaville City (Congo republic). The evaluation of the road embankment slope stability and the discovery of the implications of topographic parameters on the embankment safety management were carried out in a hilly area. A database was created based on the site inventory from field studies complemented by experimental and desk investigation. The soils properties and values of topographic parameters were incorporated to the embankment slope model as well. So, the slope modelling was carried out in different scenarios such as different slope heights, different slope angles with and without load effect. Then embankment stability was analysed with Slide 6.0 software finding slip surfaces from limit equilibrium methods. Results showed that despite the slope instability caused by the load effect, but the variation of topographic parameters affects the embankment stability as well.

Published in	Earth Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.earth.20221105.18
Page(s)	316-326
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Slope Angle, Slope Height, Limit Equilibrium, Embankment, Load, Brazzaville

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Kempena Adolphe

Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo
Watha Ndoudy Noël
Obami Ondon Harmel

Mechanical, Energy and Engineering Laboratory, Higher National Polytechnic School, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo
Antonio Olimpio Gonçalves
Rafael Guardado Lacaba

Department of Geology, Faculty of Mines and Geology, Higher Institute of Mines and Metallurgy, Moa, Cuba
Boudzoumou Florent

Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo

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