Sliding slopes on the Gerlos Strasse / Rutschhänge an der Gerlos Straße
Author(s): |
Daniela Burger
Bruno Haunschmid |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English, German |
Published in: | Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2014, n. 3, v. 7 |
Page(s): | 272-285 |
DOI: | 10.1002/geot.201400025 |
Abstract: |
Ever since being built in the middle ages, the Gerlos Strasse has been affected by slope sides and wild torrents, resulting in an almost continuous history of rebuilding and repairs with correspondingly high costs. The route is in the immediate vicinity of the Salzach Fault, one of the most significant fault zones on the eastern Alps, and the enormous forces that formed the mountains can be seen in action, together with the destructive erosion processes with their natural tendency to reduce the angle of the slope. Three individual events are described in order to illustrate the heterogeneous geological conditions, and the selected repair and protection measures for the infrastructure are briefly described. It appears that even with the geotechnical measures available today, an end to the permanent cycle of repair is still barely conceivable. |
Keywords: |
FE analysis numerical simulation lasercsan protection measures remedial concepts
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