SLOPE STABILITY USING A NEW FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS- FOCUS ON FAILURE MECHANISMS IN TWO LAYRED UNDRAINED COHESIVE SLOPES
SLOPE STABILITY USING A NEW FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS- FOCUS ON FAILURE MECHANISMS IN TWO LAYRED UNDRAINED COHESIVE SLOPES
In this study, the recently devised stress deviator increasing method (SDIM) is employed to analyze two-layered slopes composed of undrained cohesive soils. A limited parametric investigation is conducted to illustrate the variation of factor of safety in function of undrained shear strength ratios. The results, which identify failure mechanisms, are compared with those derived from limit equilibrium methods (LEMs). This comparison reveals that LEMs can potentially yield significant errors in estimating the factor of safety.
Djillali Amar Boouzid; Amina Kahlerras
18th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ARCSMGE2024)
Slopes, embankment and retaining
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