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Bishop Morgestern Chart PDF
Bishop Morgestern Chart PDF
coefficients
Bishop-Morgenstern stability coefficients
The first term on the right hand side of (Eq. 1) gives the value of F
without considering the effect of pore water pressure and the second
term gives the decrease in factor of safety on account of pore water
pressure.
Charts are available in m and n pairs for three values of D (1.0, 1.25
and 1.5) and for three values of c/H (0, 0.025 and 0.05). Fig. 1
gives the charts for effective stress stability coefficients m and n.
Fig 1(a,b) Bishop – Morgenstern stability coefficients
Fig 1(c,d) Bishop – Morgenstern stability coefficients
Fig 1(e,f) Bishop – Morgenstern stability coefficients
For the appropriate value of c/H, a coefficient rue is first read from the
lower chart using the broken line curves, for D = 1.0. If rue ru , the
particular depth factor chosen is the correct one and the m and n
coefficients are read from the pair of charts.
If rue ru , then the critical circle lies at a greater depth than the one to
which this chart refers. Hence, the charts with the next higher depth
factor, that is, D = 1.25, is referred and so on.
If lower chart does not have dashed lines, the critical circle will always
be above the depth corresponding to that D value for all values of ru.
Once the right pair of charts gives the values of m and n, Eq. 1 is used to
determine the desired factor of safety
If the calculated c/H values are different from the three values for
which the charts are available, two values of factor of safety, F1 and F2
are determined for two values c/H , one below and the other above the
actual value.
In which 𝐴𝑝 is the area of the slice p, the average pore pressure ratio
value of slice p and so on.
Example
A cutting, 20m deep, is made in a clay soil with its slope at 3 horizontal
to 1 vertical. The average value of pore pressure ratio ru is 0.3. The soil
has the following properties:
Solution
𝑐 15
= = 0.0375
𝐻 20 x 20
𝑐
Since there is no chart for this value of , the interpolation procedure is
𝐻
adopted.
𝑐
For = 0.025 and D =1.00 (Fig . 1(d)),
𝐻
rue = 0.55
𝑐
For = 0.05 and D =1.00 (Fig . 1(a)),
𝐻
rue = 0 i.e, ru