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The document discusses the stability of slopes in civil engineering, focusing on infinite and finite slopes, including methods for analyzing slope stability such as Culmann’s Method and Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices. It outlines various failure modes and the factors affecting the factor of safety in slope stability. Additionally, it emphasizes the use of computer programs and charts for determining critical slip circles in stability analysis.

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Slope

The document discusses the stability of slopes in civil engineering, focusing on infinite and finite slopes, including methods for analyzing slope stability such as Culmann’s Method and Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices. It outlines various failure modes and the factors affecting the factor of safety in slope stability. Additionally, it emphasizes the use of computer programs and charts for determining critical slip circles in stability analysis.

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4/17/2025

CEN-306 Foundation
Engineering
Slope Stability
Dr. Aditya Singh
Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Factor of Safety

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Factor of Safety

Stability of infinite slope (without seepage)

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Stability of infinite slope (without seepage)


The resistive shear stress also may be written

Ratio is also
called
stability no.

Stability of infinite slope (Steady state


seepage)

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Stability of infinite slope (Submerged)

Finite slopes
• Examples: Man made embankments, road or railway cuts.
• Rotational Slide: Soil slips along such a curved surface.
• Assumption: Slip surface is a circular arc.
• Three basic modes of failure: slope or face failure, toe failure and base failure.

Fig. Slip surfaces forms

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Analysis of Finite Slopes with Plane


Failure Surfaces (Culmann’s Method)
Culmann’s analysis is based on the assumption that the failure
of a slope occurs along a plane when the average shearing
stress tending to cause the slip is more than the shear strength
of the soil.

Analysis of Finite Slopes with Plane


Failure Surfaces (Culmann’s Method)

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Analysis of Finite Slopes with Plane


Failure Surfaces (Culmann’s Method)

Analysis of Finite Slopes with Plane


Failure Surfaces (Culmann’s Method)
𝐻𝑐
FOS with respect to height 𝐹𝐻 = = 𝐹𝑐
𝐻

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Mass Procedure—Slopes in Homogeneous


Clay Soil
The moment of the driving force about O to cause slope
instability is

the moment of the resisting forces about O is

Mass Procedure—Slopes in Homogeneous


Clay Soil

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Mass Procedure—Slopes in Homogeneous


Clay Soil

Ordinary Method of Slices

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Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices


Equilibrium the forces in the vertical direction gives

Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices


taking the moment about O

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Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices

Bishop’s Simplified Method of Slices

Note that the term Fs is present on both sides. Hence,


we must adopt a trial-and-error procedure to find the
value of Fs.

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Stability Analysis by Method of Slices

Location of critical slip circle


• Computer programs are used to
search most critical circle
• Charts are available to minimize
computations
• Depending on slope angle, get 1
and 2;
• Plot these angles and get point of
intersection E
Slope Direction angle 1 Direction angle
• Plot point D, (H, 4.5H→) angle 2
• Join DE, critical FOS will be near to 60 29 40
this line
45 28 37
33.8 26 35

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