Veneer is intended as a relatively thin cover soil layer placed on a slope. The stability analysis for sliding of a veneer above a geosynthetic or a natural soil layer is the object of the present paper. The analytical approach used in the present paper for the evaluation of veneer stability has been derived by the method of Koerner and Soong (1998), revised and adapted to the semi-probabilistic approach in Ultimate Limit State (ULS) conditions, according to EuroCodes. The present method for veneer stability analyses includes evaluations of toe wedge forces, seismic forces, equipment forces, tensile forces of geosynthetic reinforcements, and water seepage effects on veneer stability.
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