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| [[Image:Slopslump2.jpg|thumb|250px|Figure 1: Simple slope slip section]]
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| The field of '''slope stability''' encompasses the analysis of static and dynamic stability of slopes of earth and rock-fill dams, slopes of other types of embankments, excavated slopes, and natural slopes in soil and soft rock.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080528085404/http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-manuals/em1110-2-1902/entire.pdf US Army Corps of Engineers Manual on Slope Stability]</ref> Slope stability investigation, analysis (including modeling), and design mitigation is typically completed by [[geologists]], [[engineering geologists]], or [[geotechnical engineer]]s. [[Geologists]] and [[engineering geologists]] can also use their knowledge of earth process and their ability to interpret surface [[geomorphology]] to determine relative slope stability based simply on site observations.
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| As seen in Figure 1, earthen slopes can develop a cut-spherical weakness area. The probability of this happening can be calculated in advance using a simple 2-D circular analysis package.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wise-uranium.org/cssth.html |title=Slope Stability Calculator |accessdate=2006-12-14 |work= }}</ref> A primary difficulty with analysis is locating the most-probable slip plane for any given situation.<ref>{{Citation|surname=Chugh|given=Ashok|author-link=|year=2002|title=A method for locating critical slip surfaces in slope stability analysis|journal=NRC Research Press|volume=|issue=|pages=|url=http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ppv/RPViewDoc?_handler_=HandleInitialGet&journal=cgj&volume=39&calyLang=eng&articleFile=t02-042.pdf}}</ref> Many landslides have only been analyzed after the fact. More recently [[slope stability radar]] technology has been employed, particularly in the mining industry, to gather real time data and assist in pro-actively determining the likelihood of slope failure.
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| == Real life failures ==
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| [[Image:Landslide Böschungsrutschung.jpg|thumb|250px|Figure 2: Real life landslide on a slope]]
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| Real life failures in naturally deposited mixed soils are not necessarily circular, but prior to computers, it was far easier to analyse such a simplified geometry. Nevertheless, failures in 'pure' clay can be quite close to circular. Such slips often occur after a period of heavy rain, when the pore water pressure at the slip surface increases, reducing the effective [[normal stress]] and thus diminishing the restraining [[friction]] along the slip line. This is combined with increased soil weight due to the added groundwater. A 'shrinkage' crack (formed during prior dry weather) at the top of the slip may also fill with rain water, pushing the slip forward. At the other extreme, slab-shaped slips on hillsides can remove a layer of soil from the top of the underlying bedrock. Again, this is usually initiated by heavy rain, sometimes combined with increased loading from new buildings or removal of support at the toe (resulting from road widening or other construction work). Stability can thus be significantly improved by installing drainage paths to reduce the destabilising forces. Once the slip has occurred, however, a weakness along the slip circle remains, which may then recur at the next monsoon.
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| Slope stability issues can be seen with almost any walk down a [[ravine]] in an urban setting. An example is shown in Figure 3, where a river is eroding the toe of a slope, and there is a swimming pool near the top of the slope. If the toe is eroded too far, or the swimming pool begins to leak, the forces driving a slope failure will exceed those resisting failure, and a [[landslide]] will develop, possibly quite suddenly.
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| == Analysis methods ==
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| {{Main|Slope stability analysis}}
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| [[Image:Riverslope.jpg|thumb|250px|Figure 3: Slope with eroding river and swimming pool]]
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| [[File:Pett bish.gif|thumb|250px|Figure 4: Method of slices]]
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| If the forces available to resist movement are greater than the forces driving movement, the slope is considered stable. A [[factor of safety]] is calculated by dividing the forces resisting movement by the forces driving movement. In earthquake-prone areas, the analysis is typically run for static conditions and pseudo-static conditions, where the seismic forces from an earthquake are assumed to add static loads to the analysis.
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| ===Method of slices===
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| The '''method of slices''' is a method for analyzing the stability of a slope in two dimensions. The sliding mass above the failure surface is divided into a number of slices. The forces acting on each slice are obtained by considering the mechanical equilibrium for the slices.
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| === Bishop's method ===
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| The Modified (or Simplified) Bishop's Method <ref>{{cite doi|10.1680/geot.1955.5.1.7}}</ref> proposed by [[Alan W. Bishop]] of [[Imperial College Civil & Environmental Engineering|Imperial College]] is a method for calculating the stability of slopes. It is an extension of the Method of Slices. By making some simplifying assumptions, the problem becomes statically determinate and suitable for hand calculations:
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| * forces on the sides of each slice are horizontal
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| The method has been shown to produce factor of safety values within a few percent of the "correct" values.
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| :<math>F=\frac{\sum [\frac{c'+((W/b)-u)\tan\phi'}{\psi}]}{\sum[(W/b)\sin\alpha]}</math>
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| where
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| :<math>\psi=\cos\alpha+\frac{\sin\alpha \tan\phi}{F}</math> | |
| :c' is the effective cohesion
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| :<math>\phi'</math> is the effective internal [[angle of internal friction]]
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| :b is the width of each slice, assuming that all slices have the same width
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| :W is the weight of each slice
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| :u is the water pressure at the base of each slice
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| === Sarma method ===
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| {{Main|Sarma method}}
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| The '''[[Sarma method]]''',<ref>{{cite doi|10.1680/geot.1975.25.4.743}}</ref> proposed by [[Sarada K. Sarma]] of [[Imperial College Civil & Environmental Engineering|Imperial College]] is a [[Slope stability analysis#Limit equilibrium analysis|Limit equilibrium]] technique used to assess the stability of slopes under seismic conditions. It may also be used for static conditions if the value of the horizontal load is taken as zero. The method can analyse a wide range of slope failures as it may accommodate a multi-wedge failure mechanism and therefore it is not restricted to planar or circular failure surfaces. It may provide information about the factor of safety or about the critical acceleration required to cause collapse.
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| === Lorimer's method ===
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| '''Lorimer's Method''' is a technique for evaluating slope stability in cohesive soils. It differs from Bishop's Method in that it uses a [[clothoid]] slip surface in place of a circle. This mode of failure was determined experimentally to account for effects of particle cementation.
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| The method was developed in the 1930s by [[Gerhardt Lorimer]] (Dec 20, 1894-Oct 19, 1961), a student of geotechnical pioneer [[Karl von Terzaghi]].
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Discontinuity layout optimization]]
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| * [[Mass wasting]]
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| * [[Mohr-Coulomb theory]]
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| * [[Slope stability analysis]]
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| * [[Slope stability radar]]
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| == Notes ==
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| == References ==
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| * Coduto, Donald P. (1998). ''Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices.'' Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-576380-0
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| ==External links==
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| * {{Dmoz|Science/Technology/Civil_Engineering/Geotechnical/Software|Geotechnical Software}}
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