Special attention in the geotechnical scientific world is given to numerical models for estimating the earth pressure in space conditions, which are meeting with a wide response at the landslide-protecting walls. When determining the limit values of the active and passive earth pressure and the loadings on individual structures in rehabilitations of landslide or foundations in unstable slopes, we used a kinematic approach with different models that are, in practice, a good match with the actual failures of the slopes and with the soil at the foundation facilities. The discussed solutions are used in analyzing the stability of the retaining structures and on the individual supports of viaducts on the highway section "Razdrto-Vipava" in the west-southern part of Slovenia.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 15136790The planned pumping hydroelectric power plant on the River Drava (Slovenia) will be composed of three main parts: the engine house near the River Drava, the upper water-storage reservoir on the 700-m-higher plateau of Kozjak, and the pipeline that will connect the engine-house and the reservoir. The constituents of the river water that will be pumped to the reservoir may affect the existing ecosystem in this area; therefore, knowledge about the chemical and microbiological properties of the water is necessary. Special attention is given to determining the concentration and composition of the suspended material in the water and the prognosis of their deposition on the bottom of the upper storage reservoir. This material will have to be periodically removed and transported to a dumping ground; therefore, the data about its quantity and quality are necessary during the planning. The results of quantitative analyses of the suspended material in the water have provided new findings in this field, i.e., the exponent correlation between the concentration of the suspended load and the water discharge. Sampling of waterand collecting the suspended material made it possible, for the first time, to acquire a sufficient amount of material for subsequent chemical and mineralogical analyses and for determining the actual particle size during different water discharges.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
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