Lecture on 11-01-20

CE-335 (2 Credit Hours)

Geotechnical Engineering-II

Stability of Slopes
Instructor:

Dr Irshad Ahmad

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar
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Contents

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 Types of Slope failure

Factors Affecting Slope Stability:

1.Shear strength (Cohesion, Internal Frictional Angle).
2.Particle Size Distribution.
3.Density.
4.Permeability.
5.Moisture Content.
6.Slope Angle and External Loads. 3
 Types of slope failure

Homogeneous, Non-homogeneous,
Isotropic soil soil conditions
conditions

Adjacent stratum at shallow

depth

Adjacent stratum of significantly different strength,

presence of discontinuities such as fissures and pre-
existing slips.

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Use of Peak, Ultimate or Residual Shear Strength

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 Limit Equilibrium Method
 Assume a failure surface. For example as shown.
 Draw the free body diagram and solve the statical equilibrium
equations for forces or moments to find the strength mobilized in
the soil.
 Find the Factor of safety F = shear strength (f) / shear strength
mobilized (m). This F may not be the true factor of safety
because the slip surface assume may not be the true failure
surface. However, the true F will not be greater than the
calculated. The calculated F is either equal to or greater than the
true F.
 Assume another slip surface, and find another value of F.
 Assume a number of slip surfaces, and find corresponding F
values. The minimum value of all the F values found may be
considered.
 One way of finding critical slip surface is to write F value
alongside the center of assumed circle. After several points have
thus been established, draw contours of F values. Guess the center 6

of most critical slip surface.

u=0 Case

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Finding min. F using Stability Number by Taylor (1948)
for u=0

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u=0 Case

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Tension Cracks

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Tension Crack Example

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Tension Crack Example

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Multi layer Problem

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Multi layer Problem

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Method of Slices

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Method of Slices

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Swedish Solution (Not Recommended in Practice)

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 Bishop Routine Solution
 In this solution it is assumed that the resultant forces on the sides of
the slices are horizontal.
 All forces are resolved in the vertical direction. No interslice forces
(E,X) enter into equation as per assumption X1 – X2 =0.
 The resulting equation is

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Method of Slices-Example

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Method of Slices-Example

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Method of Slices-Example

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Plane Translational Slip

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Plane Translational Slip

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Plane Translational Slip-Example

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