SLOPE/W Table of Contents

Table of Contents
1 Introduction..........................................................................................1

2 Limit Equilibrium Fundamentals ..........................................................5

2.1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................5
2.2 Background and history ......................................................................................................5
2.3 Method basics.....................................................................................................................6
2.4 General limit equilibrium formulation...................................................................................7
2.5 Interslice force functions ...................................................................................................11
2.6 Slip surface shapes...........................................................................................................11
Circular slip surface ....................................................................................................11
Planar slip surface ......................................................................................................12
Composite slip surface ...............................................................................................13
Block slip surface........................................................................................................13
Shoring wall ................................................................................................................14
2.7 Stress distributions............................................................................................................15
2.8 Limit equilibrium forces and stresses................................................................................20
2.9 Janbu generalized method................................................................................................20
2.10 Missing physics.................................................................................................................21
2.11 Other limitations ................................................................................................................21
2.12 Slip surface shapes...........................................................................................................22
2.13 Seepage forces.................................................................................................................23
2.14 Concluding remarks ..........................................................................................................24

3 Factor of Safety Methods ..................................................................27

3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................27
3.2 General limit equilibrium Formulation ...............................................................................27
3.3 Ordinary or Fellenius method............................................................................................31
3.4 Bishop’s simplified method ...............................................................................................35
3.5 Janbu’s simplified method.................................................................................................37
3.6 Spencer method................................................................................................................38
3.7 Morgenstern-Price method ...............................................................................................40
3.8 Corps of Engineers method ..............................................................................................43
Interslice assumption one...........................................................................................43
Interslice assumption two ...........................................................................................44
3.9 Lowe-Karafiath method.....................................................................................................46

Page i