A Review of Three-Dimensional Slope Stability Analyses based on Limit Equilibrium Method

Electronic journal of geotechnical engineering

Roohollah Kalatehjari¹  Nazri Ali² 

[1] Department of Geotechnics and Transportation, Faculty of Civil EngineeringUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)Corresponding Author,;Department of Geotechnics and Transportation, Faculty of Civil EngineeringUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

关键词: Three-dimensional slope stability;    Limit equilibrium;    Factor of safety;    Direction of sliding;    Slip surface;    Inter-column forces;   

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来源: Oklahoma State University

【 摘 要 】

Thestabilityofslopesisamajorconcerninthefieldofgeotechnicalengineering.Usuallytwo-dimensionalanalysesbasedonlimitequilibriummethodareimplementedinthisfieldduetotheirsimplicityandeffectiveness.Sincethesemethodsignoredthefeaturesofthethirddimensionofslopes,three-dimensionalanalyseshavedevelopedtoremovethisshortcoming.However,somelimitationsstillexistintheapplicationofthree-dimensionalmethods.Mostofthesemethodsassumeaplaneofsymmetryfortheslope.Moreover,theinternalforcesofslidingmassarelargelysimplifiedorignoredintheequationsoffactorofsafety.Inaddition,theshapeofslipisusuallysimplifiedorlimitedbythesemethods.Thementionedlimitationsrestricttheapplicationsofthree-dimensionalmethodsinpractice.Thepresentpapermadeacriticalreviewontheapplicationsandlimitationsofexistingthree-dimensionalslopestabilityanalysesbasedonlimitequilibriummethod.

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