<p>Slope is an exposed ground surface that stands at an angle with the horizontal. Slopes are required in the construction of highway and railway embankments, earth dams, levees, canals etc., and are generally less expensive. Failure of natural slopes and ...

<p>An optimization process for soil-nails deployed for stabilization of slopes and trenches is presented in this article using the limit equilibrium approach. A number of factors such as inclination, length, size and spacing of the nails affect the stability ...

<p>In Germany the reliability theory using a probabilistic approach in geotechnical design was officially introduced as the basic concept for geotechnical design at the German National Geotechnical Conference in 1978 as it had also been adopted as the common ...

<p>The construction of cuts, embankments and dam in and on different ground require the analyses of slope stability, deformations and often the use of the observational method. New codes, such as Eurocode 7 or its sister code in Switzerland SIA 267, prescribe ...

<p>Design of slopes and analysis of existing slopes subjected to seismic shaking are carried out routinely using approximations of plane strain and substitution of a quasi-static load for the seismic excitation. A three-dimensional
3D analysis of slopes ...

Anglo Coal South Africa mines coal for both the domestic and export market using open cast and strip mining methods. To establish a mine, a process is set in place to gather ever increasing amounts of geological and metallurgical data to confirm a proven reserve. ...

This paper examines the application of Finite Element (FE) analysis to the determination of the factor of safety of rock slopes for which strength is modelled by the Generalized Hoek-Brown failure criterion. The paper first outlines the standard shear strength ...

<p>These lecture notes introduces the field of rock slope stability analysis and the purpose such analyses serve in the investigation of potential slope failure mechanisms. Advancements in and the evolution of computer based slope analysis techniques are discoussed, ...

A limit equilibrium method for progressive failure analysis of slopes is proposed based on a technique of non-vertical slices . The local factors of safety are calculated by defining variable factor of safety instead of conventional single value factor of ...

By merging elasto-plastic finite element analysis with random field theory, an investigation has been performed into the stability of an undrained clay slope with spatially varying shear strength. The results of the study lead to a direct comparison between ...