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Slope Stability analysis with Fellenius Method*

Geometry data input

X-Coordinate of rotation centre, xc 3 m Note: the origin is the toe of embankment n. slice
Y-Coordinate of rotation centre, yc 10 m horizontal left portion
Radius of circle, R 15.00 m inclined portion
Angle of interseption circle-ground surface, at 0.84 rad 48.2 (°) horizontal right portion-G'
X-Coordinate of intersection ground at left, xG 8.18 m X-Coordinate of intersection ground at rigth: xG' 14.18 horizontal right portion-G'H'
Embankment heigth, H 5.00 m X-Coordinate of intersection top emb.: xH' 17.14 Total
Slope coefficient, n n=dy/dx 0.5 Resistance parameters
Weight of embankment soil, ge 17 kN/m3 Friction angle emb. Soil 0 ° Cohesion emb.soil 0 kPa
Weight of foundation soil, gf 17 kN/m 3
Friction angle found. Soil 0 ° Cohesion found.soil 30 kPa
Slice b Xi xi a=asen(xi/R) a cosa R*cosa ytop yi h W1 W2 W u
(m) (m) (m) (rad) (°) (m) (m) (m) (m) (kN/m) (kN/m) (kN/m) (kPa)
1 2.045085 -6.135 -7.158 -0.74 -42.62 0.736 11.037 0.000 -1.037 1.037 36.1 0.0 36.1 0.0
2 2.045085 -4.090 -5.113 -0.57 -32.74 0.841 12.617 0.000 -2.617 2.617 91.0 0.0 91.0 0.0
3 2.045085 -2.045 -3.068 -0.42 -23.86 0.915 13.718 0.000 -3.718 3.718 129.3 0.0 129.3 0.0
4 2.045085 0.000 -1.023 -0.27 -15.56 0.963 14.451 0.000 -4.451 4.451 154.7 0.0 154.7 0.0
5 2 2.000 1.000 -0.13 -7.66 0.991 14.866 0.500 -4.866 5.366 165.4 17.0 182.4 0.0
6 2 4.000 3.000 0.00 0.00 1.000 15.000 1.500 -5.000 6.500 170.0 51.0 221.0 0.0
7 2 6.000 5.000 0.13 7.66 0.991 14.866 2.500 -4.866 7.366 165.4 85.0 250.4 0.0
8 2 8.000 7.000 0.27 15.47 0.964 14.457 3.500 -4.457 7.957 151.5 119.0 270.5 0.0
9 2 10.000 9.000 0.41 23.58 0.917 13.748 4.500 -3.748 8.248 127.4 153.0 280.4 0.0
10 2.09017 12.090 11.045 0.57 32.43 0.844 12.660 5.000 -2.660 7.660 94.5 177.7 272.2 0.0
11 2.09017 14.180 13.135 0.74 42.51 0.737 11.058 5.000 -1.058 6.058 37.6 177.7 215.3 0.0
12 1.480898 15.661 14.921 0.92 52.63 0.607 9.105 5.000 0.895 4.105 0.0 142.7 142.7 0.0
13 1.480898 17.142 16.402 1.10 63.31 0.449 6.738 5.000 3.262 1.738 0.0 60.4 60.4 0.0
Total= 983.4 2306.4
This exercise is for an embankment constructed on a soft soils
Two materials are possible in undraind or drained conditions

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b= wide of i-esimo slices

Xi= x-coordinate of right-side
xi= x-coordinate of middle point
a= angle respect horizontal line of base
ytop= y-coordinate of middle point at the ground surface
yi = y-coordinate of middle point at the base
r = mean heigth of slice
W1 and W2= weigth of portion below and above x-axis

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FS= 1.558
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U W*cosa W*sena c*li (N-U)*tanf'

(kN/m) (kN/m) (kN/m) (kN/m) (kN/m)
0.0 26.5 -24.4 83.4 0.000
0.0 76.5 -49.2 72.9 0.000
0.0 118.2 -52.3 67.1 0.000
0.0 149.1 -41.5 63.7 0.000
0.0 180.8 -24.3 60.5 0.000
0.0 221.0 0.0 60.0 0.000
0.0 248.2 33.4 60.5 0.000
0.0 260.7 72.1 62.3 0.000
0.0 257.0 112.2 65.5 0.000
0.0 229.7 146.0 74.3 0.000
0.0 158.7 145.4 85.1 0.000
0.0 86.6 113.4 0.0 0.000
0.0 27.1 54.0 0.0 0.000
484.8 755.2 0.0

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