The object of this article is to present design charts that facilitate the design of a series of parallel drainage spurs in association with a drainage ditch used in cut slopes. The hypotheses, the operating instructions, and the field of utilization are fully detailed.The two needed dimensions are the depth and spacing of the drainage spurs.The design charts are of two main types:–simple dimensioning charts: providing information on possible combinations of depth and spacing that give the quantitative effect wished by the designer, such as lowering the level of the water table or increasing the safety factor;–optimization charts: proposing an estimation of the solution that minimizes the depth of the spurs per linear metre of slope, and subsequently the volume of the draining material.This article results from theoretical and experimental research carried out over several years. We have been using a composite analog model that allows the simulation of free-surface three-dimensional flows. Key words: drainage, cut slopes, slope stability, drainage spur, analog model, three-dimensional.

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le drainage des talus par la technique des éperons évaluation par simulations tridimensionnelles de l'efficacité de la méthode et impact sur la stabilité embankment draining by the drainage spurs method evaluation of the efficiency of the method through threedimentionnal simulation and assesment of the gained stability