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Bishops Method

The document provides details on calculating slope stability of toe circles using Bishop's Method of Slices. It includes inputs for height, slope angle, setback, coordinates for points on the slip line, unit weight, cohesion, friction angle, pore water pressure parameter, and outputs the setback at the crest, number of slices, coordinates of the point of rotation, radius of rotation, and plots the slope and slip surface.

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Bishops Method

The document provides details on calculating slope stability of toe circles using Bishop's Method of Slices. It includes inputs for height, slope angle, setback, coordinates for points on the slip line, unit weight, cohesion, friction angle, pore water pressure parameter, and outputs the setback at the crest, number of slices, coordinates of the point of rotation, radius of rotation, and plots the slope and slip surface.

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Spreadsheet to calculate slope stability of toe circles using Bishop's Method of Slices (indirect method)

THIS IS A TEACHING TOOL - DO NOT USE FOR DESIGN!!


Enter:
Note: toe will be given coordinates (0,0)
Note: solver must be re-run for every input change
Height of slope H
14 meters
Slope angle
theta
30 degrees
Setback of slip d
2 meters
circle at crest
Coords of a point xg
20 meters
on the slip line yg
5 meters
Unit weight
gamma
16 kN/m^3
cohesion
c
20 kN/m^2
friction angle
phi
20 degrees
pwp parameter ru
0.2
Calculate:
Setback of crest S
24.24871 meters
Number of slices Ns
9
on slope
Number of slices Nc
1
at crest
Coords of point xo
5.125915
Solver:
of rotation
yo
21.99634
Radius of rot.
rad
22.5857

25

d ok

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

20
15

point ok

10
5
0
-10

-5

10

15

20

25

30

35

-5

Plotting data:
x
y slip
-5.249742
0
0
0
2.694301 -0.458086
5.388603 -0.587836
8.082904 -0.394958
10.77721 0.129083
13.47151 1.009079
16.16581 2.292666
18.86011 4.066311
21.55441 6.497354
24.24871 9.978326
26.24871
14
31.49845
14
0
5.125915
26.24871

y slope

extents

0
0
1.555556
3.111111
4.666667
6.222222
7.777778
9.333333
10.88889
12.44444
14
14
14
0
21.99634
14

-0.000028521 NOTE: every time input is changed, use Tools -> Solver with
-3.2699E-005 Set Target Cell = goal0, Value of = 0, and By Changing Cells = D23:D25
-3.1275E-005
2.86074E-009

Assumed F =
1.385249
Fs = sum(c*dL + (P-udL)tan(phi))/sum(Wsin(alpha))
Fs = 1.384422
Fs - Fassumed

slice

Slope and Slip Surface Analysed

Slice
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

-0.000826

Use Tools - Goal Seek on the above - set "Set cell"


to C32, "To value" to 0, and "By changing cell" to C28

sums

Weight
43.40286
123.1315
188.829
240.4344
277.2293
297.6527
298.8141
275.2427
214.8708
64.34679

alpha
-0.16841
-0.04812
0.071465
0.192101
0.315691
0.444596
0.582185
0.734079
0.912106
1.109307

dL
2.732966
2.697424
2.701196
2.744791
2.83437
2.984435
3.22569
3.628943
4.401866
4.491533

Wsin(alph) cdLsin(a)
-7.274975 -9.161727
-5.922786 -2.594992
13.48326 3.857559
45.9042 10.48082
86.07231 17.59992
128.0185 25.67173
164.3029 35.47291
184.3861 48.62086
169.9187 69.61943
57.61549 80.43349
836.5037

alpha is the angle of the base of the slice and is in radians


dL is the arc length (approx) of the base of the slice

gammaz
16.10914
45.70071
70.08457
89.23811
102.8947
110.4749
110.906
102.1573
79.75012
32.1734

udLtansin
-0.196554
-0.160021
0.364288
1.24023
2.325483
3.458777
4.4391
4.981704
4.590826
2.097032

malpha
0.941812
0.986204
1.016209
1.031769
1.032158
1.01579
0.979735
0.918463
0.819861
0.680544

P
52.95616
126.6364
183.3355
226.5658
257.909
277.2397
282.1283
265.3779
204.8241
11.45602

cdL
54.65932
53.94847
54.02392
54.89582
56.6874
59.6887
64.51381
72.57887
88.03731
89.83065
648.8643

(P-udL)tan
16.06966
37.11824
52.94788
64.63303
72.64141
76.90642
76.64437
69.60323
48.99556
-6.349662
509.2101

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