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    CE 240 Soil Mechanics & Foundations: Slope Stability I (Das, Ch. 14)

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    This document provides an overview of slope stability analysis. It discusses the factor of safety for infinite slopes and finite slopes with planar or circular failure surfaces. The key factors in slope stability are the driving and resisting forces. Driving forces promote failure from gravity, while resisting forces oppose failure from soil shear strength. By calculating the factor of safety as the ratio of resisting to driving forces, engineers can assess if a slope is safe, at failure, or failed. Common failure surfaces are planar, occurring as translational sliding, or circular, occurring as rotational failure.

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    This document provides an overview of slope stability analysis. It discusses the factor of safety for infinite slopes and finite slopes with planar or circular failure surfaces. The key factors in slope stability are the driving and resisting forces. Driving forces promote failure from gravity, while resisting forces oppose failure from soil shear strength. By calculating the factor of safety as the ratio of resisting to driving forces, engineers can assess if a slope is safe, at failure, or failed. Common failure surfaces are planar, occurring as translational sliding, or circular, occurring as rotational failure.

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    This document provides an overview of slope stability analysis. It discusses the factor of safety for infinite slopes and finite slopes with planar or circular failure surfaces. The key factors in slope stability are the driving and resisting forces. Driving forces promote failure from gravity, while resisting forces oppose failure from soil shear strength. By calculating the factor of safety as the ratio of resisting to driving forces, engineers can assess if a slope is safe, at failure, or failed. Common failure surfaces are planar, occurring as translational sliding, or circular, occurring as rotational failure.

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    CE 240 Soil Mechanics & Foundations: Slope Stability I (Das, Ch. 14)

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    CE 240

    Soil Mechanics & Foundations


    Lecture 14.1
    Slope Stability I
    (Das, Ch. 14)
    Class Outline
    Factor of Safety (FS)
    Stability of infinite slopes
    Stability of finite slopes
    Planar failure plane
    Circular failure plane
    Feb. 18, 2006 Philippine Landslide
    Introduction

    The simplest analogue:


    Driving force: Wsin
    Resisting force: Wcos
    mWcos
    The factor of safety (FS) for the translational
    slip is defined as


    tan
    tan
    sin
    cos
    = = =
    W
    W
    F
    F
    FS
    D
    R
    Clearly, when the dipping angle is smaller than
    the angle of friction , the resisting force F
    R
    is
    greater than the driving force F
    D
    , and the factor
    of safety (FS) is greater than 1, and vice versa.
    When FS > 1, safe; FS = 1, onset of failure; and
    FS < 1, failed.
    Stability of Infinite slopes

    S
    l
    i
    d
    i
    n
    g

    s
    u
    r
    f
    a
    c
    e

    L
    Vertical
    slice
    W
    W
    N
    = Wsin
    c
    l
    +
    W
    N
    t
    a
    n

    '
    W
    P
    W
    N
    2
    2 2
    tan ' tan tan ' '
    1
    tan tan cos tan
    ' '
    tan tan ' ,
    cos cos (tan tan ')
    cr
    c
    H
    c c
    H



    = =
    = =

    driving strength, or resisting


    Movement by slip (sliding)
    - Movement occurs as a displacement along one distinct
    surface of failure (or a narrow zone of failure).
    -Using the limit equilibrium approach: equating the
    driving forces to the resisting forces (shear strength) on
    the slipping plane at the time of failure.
    -The failure surface is idealized into either a planer or
    circular plane.
    -Failure occurred on the planar surface is
    translational;
    -Failure occurred on the circular plane is rotational;
    Failure scarp in glacial till
    Scarp
    Toe
    Scarp
    CIRCULAR SLIPS
    More common in cohesive soils
    slope
    sliding
    surface
    centre of
    circle
    crest of
    slope
    toe of slope
    Three types of slump failure
    Slope failure: weak near surface materials;
    toe failure: extended slope or additional excavation;
    Base failure: flat weak zone at depth.
    slope failure
    toe failure
    base failure
    m
    Reading Assignment:
    Das, Ch. 14
    HW 1: Problem 14.3

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