2 publications

• Published Subscription 5 Feb 2020

  Seismic Induced Landslide Vulnerability in the Chittagong City, Bangladesh

  By Md Shofiqul Islam

  Abstract: Chittagong is the second largest city of Bangladesh and evidences of hundreds of earthquakes that jolted this city and its surrounding areas. In this paper, we show the cause of slope failure in Chittagong city with the response of earthquake (seismic) activity. We have collected four in-situ samples from each of the upper and lower layers, i.e., eight samples from each of the seven different locations (Motijharna, Tankir Pahar, Batali …

  Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 1–13 Read article →

• Published Subscription 18 Oct 2014

  Slope Stability Problem in the Chittagong City, Bangladesh

  By Md Shofiqul Islam, Md Ashraf Hussain, Younus Ahmed Khan, Mohammad Akterul Islam Chowdhury, Md Bashirul Haque

  Abstract: Chittagong, the major port city of Bangladesh is seriously and violently vulnerable for landslide from geological and geographical point of view for many specific reasons. Along with the steep slope, slope cutting, natural weathering and antecedent rainfall causes for landslide of the city during the rainy season caused by thunderclap of heavy storms. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of slope instability problem of the Chittagong city by technical and …

  Published in Journal of Geotechnical Engineering · Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 13–25 Read article →