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Title:

A Comparative Study of Various Commercially Available Programs in Slope Stability Analysis

Accession Number:

01044103

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The objective of this paper is to study the effect of different slip surface search techniques on the factors of safety obtained using the limit equilibrium slope stability methods. This objective is accomplished by comparing results from the finite element method, the linear grid method, the rectangular grid method, and the Monte-Carlo searching techniques. It has been shown that the limit equilibrium method is a very powerful method as long as an appropriate selected searching technique is used. In addition, the selected slip surface search technique highly influenced the location of the critical slip surfaces as well as the value of the calculated factors of safety. Results from different commercially available slope stability programs were compared.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-1257

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Alkasawneh, Wael M
Malkawi, Abdallah
Nusairat, Jamal Hassan
Albataineh, Nermeen

Pagination:

18p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (9) ; References (36) ; Tables (4)

Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-1257

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 5:52PM