Abstract
When a completed cut slope fails, it not only damages the existing facilities at the bottom of the slope, but also causes other disasters such as loss of human lives. Maintenance measures of a cut slope are of two types: (1) prior reinforcement of the particular slope area that has the potential of failing, and (2) evacuation of people in the neighborhood and closing of roads for the vehicles just before the slope failure.
In this paper, at first the actual slope failure situations and the classifications of cut slope failure (based on the failure form) are introduced. Then, some ideas are proposed that can effectively deal with the slope maintenance measures mentioned in (1) and (2) avobe: The problems and solutions to the present state of affairs of the surveying and inspection technology of cut slopes are also finally addressed.
