The Specifities of Landslides Danger Assessment Accepted in Eurocode.

The following article is related to different ways of slope stability assessment accepted in the Eurocodes and national codes of practice. The landslides studying history is briefly considered. The Eurocode 7 and 8 structure is described and some features of their application are listed. Differences between deterministic and probabilistic methods are shown. Examples of stability design schemes based on limiting equilibrium and also with seismic loads are given. The aspects of the slope reliability estimation using the reliability index are considered. Some disadvantages of reviewed slope stability assessment ways are listed and some recommendations for the new Codes of practice development are given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]