STABILITY OF THE ELEVATED RIVER BANK AT RÁCALMÁS

Abstract

In the neighborhood of the Danube embankment of Rácalmás near the surface soil motion came to pass. Eight houses were damaged and it was to be feared even that the motions would continue. On the basis of the soil explorations and field examinations it was possible to make probable the evolution of sliding planes one near to the terrain and the other passing deeper - above the Pannonian clay. The stability tests also confirmed this assumption. The motion has been induced by the combined effect of several causes. For the sake of avoiding greater damages the protection against the motion and increase in the safety coefficient were indispensable.