...V. Operstein; S. Frydman This is the third and final paper describing a research project, carried out at the Technion in Israel, to study the influence of plant roots on the stability of slopes. The two previous papers described earlier stages of the research, in which root and soil properties were...

...S. Frydman; V. Operstein This paper is the second in a series of three, describing a research project being carried out at Technion in Israel to study the influence of plant roots on the stability of slopes. In the present paper, the numerical simulation of large, direct shear tests performed...