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CIVIL ENGINEERING
INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
J. R. Carpenter
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PURDUE UNIVERSITY
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JOINT HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROJECT
JHRP-85-17
J. R. Carpenter
FINAL REPORT
by
J» R» Carpenter
Graduate Instructor in
Research
Conducted by
Purdue University
We s t La f aye 1 1 e Ind iana
,
The attached report is the final one for the JHRP project entitled
"Incorporating Spencer's Method of Slices in Program STABL." The work
was performed by J. R. Carpenter under the direction of Professor C. W.
Lovell.
Respectfully submitted.
C. W. Lovell
Research Engineer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
HIGHLIGHT SUMMARY v
Stability Equations 2
STABL Method of Solution - Linear Approximation
Method 11
Line of Thrust 17
Spencer Options in STABL 20
LIST OF REFERENCES 25
References Cited 25
STABL5 AND PCSTABL5
be described later.
Stability Equations
[C '
+ AN'tan*']
AS_ = ^
r FS
where:
slices
a slice
[Sj^/FS + S^]
^^ " ^^^
cos(a-9)[l + S3/FS]
where:
S, = c '
+ tan(J)' [AW( (1-k ) cosa -k.sina) - AU
1 a ^ ' '
V h a
+ AQsin(o-6) + ATcos(a-i)
slices
n
Z QF[Rcos(a-e) ] =0 (5
i =l
n
I [QFcos(a-e)] =0 (6)
i =l
1970) .
n
I. [QFcose] =0 (7a
i =l
n
i: [QFsine] =0 (7b
i =l
expressed as:
e. = e f(x) (8)
n
E [QF] =0 (9)
i =l
(a)
40
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35 .
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(b)
this chapter.
approximations
'^'^ of the F and F, curves with straight
^ lines
m f
the two previous values of the sum of the forces with the
manner
" constant
•"FOS
9 constant
-FOS
1.40 I I 1 I
1.3S
FOS and the previous FOS is less than 0.001 and the
Method.
Line of Thrust
2c' / m fin)
^o ~ YFS(l-r^j) ^ 1 - sin*'^
4J
0)
s
u
JC
C^i) 5IXV - A
20
the slice height for each slice, and the values of the
computation time.
method not only converges readily, it also searches for the FOS
Recommend at ions
PCSTABL5 programs.
LIST OF REFERENCES
25
LIST OF REFERENCES
References Cited
Wright,
ht, s.
S G. (1969), "A Study of Slope Stability and the
Undrained Shear Strength of Clay Shales", Ph.D. Thesis
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