ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to express our deep sense of gratitude to Er. Sanjay Baral of School
Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology Pokhara University Lekhnath, Kaski for his
continuous guidance and encouragement. It would have been impossible to accomplish this
project without his valuable suggestion.

We would like to express deepest thanks to Er. Arjun Gautam, Director of School of
Engineering, Er.Prakash Baral Program coordinator of Civil engineering of Pokhara
University for giving us this opportunity.

We would like to thank all our classmates and staff of School of Engineering- who helped us
to carry out this project.

Abishrant Khanal(2017-01-04-0955)

Diwas K.C (2017-1-04-0984)

Mahesh Timsina(2017-01-04-0992)

Mandip Kunwar(2017-01-04-0995)

Abhishek Subedi(2017-1-04-0954)

Chtean Tilija(2017-01-04-0976)

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 ABSTRACT

A landslide is the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. Landslides are
a type of "mass wasting," which denotes any down-slope movement of soil and rock under
the direct influence of gravity. The term "landslide" encompasses five modes of slope
movement: falls, topples, slides, spreads, and flows. These are further subdivided by the type
of geologic material (bedrock, debris, or earth). Debris flows (commonly referred to as
mudflows or mudslides) and rock falls are examples of common landslide types. Almost
every landslide has multiple causes. Slope movement occurs when forces acting down-slope
(mainly due to gravity) exceed the strength of the earth materials that compose the slope.
Causes include factors that increase the effects of down-slope forces and factors that
contribute to low or reduced strength. Landslides can be initiated in slopes already on the
verge of movement by rainfall, snowmelt, changes in water level, stream erosion, changes in
ground water, earthquakes, volcanic activity, disturbance by human activities, or any
combination of these factors. As soil is a primary concern for landslide the bearing capacity
of soil is very crucial in case of landslide and there are various factors which affects the
bearing capacity of soil and hence the landslide. This paper discusses about the properties of
soil of the landslide, briefly explaining plastic limit, consistency limit, specific gravity,
moisture content and field density of soil. Six sample of soil was collected from particular
site and tested in lab to determine the above mention parameters. We have tried to do a
potential analysis of a site by taking a case study of a landslide and discuss the important
parameters associated with it.

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 LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

A. List of Figures:

Figure no. Title Page no.

1. Paudhur 2
2. Landslide 3
3. Sample 1 8
4. Sample 2 8
5. Sample 3 8
6. Sample 4 8
7. Sample 5 8
8. Sample 6 8
9. Sieve analysis graph 1 9
10. Liquid limit graph 1 10
11. Sieve analysis graph 2 11
12. Liquid limit graph 2 11
13. Sieve analysis graph 3 12
14. Liquid limit graph 3 13
15. Sieve analysis graph 4 14
16. Liquid limit graph 4 14
17. Sieve analysis graph 5 15
18. Liquid limit graph 5 16
19. Sieve analysis graph 6 17
20. Liquid limit graph 6 17

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B. List of Tables:

Table no. Title Page no.

1. Sample 1 10
2. Sample 2 10
3. Sample 3 12
4. Sample 4 13
5. Sample 5 15
6. Sample 6 16

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 LIST OF SYMBOL AND ABBREVIATION

Symbol and Abbreviation Meaning

USCS - Unified soil classification system

Sq. - square

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