Stability of earth slopes. Part II: Three dimensional analysis in closed-form

Title: Stability of earth slopes. Part II: Three dimensional analysis in closed-form
Creator: Pantelidis, Lysandros; Griffiths, D. V.
Relation: International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics Vol. 37, Issue 13, p. 1987-2004
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.2116
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2013
Description: A closed-form stability analysis of earth slopes performed in 3D is proposed. The sliding surface is assumed spherical and treated as a rigid body allowing the internal state of stress to be ignored. The proposed closed-formed solution (CFS) can be applied to both homogenous and non-homogenous slopes of either simple or complex geometry and can also deal with any kind of additional loading. Although it is recognized that the critical failure surface is often non-spherical, the CFS methodology for spheres described herein provides an objective tool for the evaluation of the assumptions made by other limit equilibrium methods including the role of intercolumn forces.
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1293562
Identifier: uon:18623
Identifier: ISSN:0363-9061
Language: eng
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