Slope Stability Exam Questions (CSES12 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering) 3. Determine the factor of safety for the slope as shown below with Janbu’s rigorous methods. Co-ordinates = Water Table Profile: (0, 10) » 6,10) + (12.14, 12), (20,15) Slope profile = (0,10) > (5,10) » 12.14,15)—, 20,15) Slip Surface : (5, 10) + 610.057), (7,10.191)_—_, (8, 10.407) (9, 10.708), (10, 11.1), (A, 11.594), (42, 12.202) (13, 12.946), (14,13.859), (15, 15.0) Line of Thrust ratio = 0.33, o/=10kPa, 9 = 36°, y= 19kN/mé (above and below water) .81KN/m? (25 marks) ‘Year 200) 3. Determine the factor of safety and inter slice normal and shear forces for the slope as shown below using Janbu’s rigorous method. uestion 3 Soil c= 10K, , $= 36", y= 19 Kim? Soil profile: ,0) 0), 2.14,5) 20,5) Slip surface : (5,0) » (6.785,-0.191) , (8.57, -0.025), (10.355, 0.521), (12.14 , 1.531) » (5,5) LOT ratio = 0.33 (Hint : use 2.24 as the initial trial value for Janbu’s simplified FOS) (25 marks) ‘Year 2003-04 Question 3 3. For the following slope with a circular failure surface, using an initial factor of safety 1.393 (fom converged Janbu’s simplified analysis), determine the base normal and shear forces and interslice normal forces. Assuming A tan $°, determine the interslice shear force and hence the corresponding factor of safety Fr from Spencer's analysis. soi SkPa, '=36°, -7=20kNim? ground profile: (0,0), 6,0), do,5), (is, 5) failure surface: (5 , 0), (625 ,0.306), (7.5,0.793), 8.75 , 1.493), (10.2465), (12,5) centre G.253 , 9.846); radius 10m Slice details W (kN) ay é 1 18 13.75 1.287 2 33.14 21.29 1.342 3 49.55 29.24 1.433 4 59.5 37.89 1.584 3 50.69 52 3.229 (25 marks) LotaSlope Stability Exam Questions (CSES12 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering) ¥ 1. Determine the factor of safety based on Janbu’s simplified method for the prescribed failure surface with the following information (use an initial factor of safety = 3.2) soil parameters: c'=3kPa, '=35°, y= 19kN/m? ground profile: (2,0), (65,0), (10,5), (20, 7)-unitsinm failure surface: (5 ,0), (6.25,0.19), (7.50593), (8.75, 1.248), (10,2.24), (12, 5.4) soil nails: nail head at (7 , 2) and (9, 4) length of each nail = 10m nail/failure surface intersection at (9.698 , 2.0) and (11.114 , 4.0) inclination of each nail = 0° grout hole diameter = 0.15m effective bond load determined from Davis method (either graphically or by simple geometry calculation to get average overburden stress) slice details weight (EN) Base angle (°) width (m) 1 12.59 8.64 1.25 2 35.23 17.88 1.25 3 52.36 27.65 1.35 4 62.49 38.43 125 5 52.45 57.67 2 (5 marks) Year 2005-06 Question 2 2. Determine the factor of safety, base normal force, base shear force and interslice normal force for the slope with the following information using Janbu’s simplified method. (25 marks) soil profile : (0,0), (2,0), (7,5), (15.5) water table ; (0,0), (2,0), (7,3.5), (15,5) failure surface : (2,0), (4.5,-0.011), (7,0.629), (8.25,1.232), (9.5,2.077), (12,5) UDL: 10 kPa on ground surface from x=7 to 14 Soil nail load 1 : vertical=7.2 KN, horizontal=40.81 kN at slice 4 Soil nail load 2 : vertical=6.88 KN, horizontal=39.05 kN at slice 5 Slice weight(KN) base angle (°) pore pressure(kPa) 1 62.76 -0.24 8.64 2 172.04 14.35 22.72 3 101.74 25.74 26.36 4 83.64 34.05 21.56 5 73.09 49.46 7S 2of4Slope Stability Exam Questions (CSES12 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering) uestion Determine the factor of safety and the internal forces for the following slope with a horizontal earthquake coefficient 0.15. (25 marks) Unit weight=19KN/m’, ——c=4 kPa, 6° Slope profile : (0,0), (5,0), (12.14,5), (20,5) Slip Surface Co-ordinates No. X(m) Y(m) 1 5,000 10.000 2 8570 9.307 3 12.140 9.619 4 16.070 11.231 3 20.000 15.000 Slices details No. weight base base base angle length pore p. (kNim) (deg) (m) (KPa) 1 108.28 -10.98 3.637 830 2 290.78 4.98 3.584 19.98 3 341.62 22.31 4248 20.36 4 140.71 43.80 5.445 5.54 ‘Year 2008-09 Question 3 3 Determine the factor of safety (use an initial trial 1.1), base normal and shear forces as well as the interslice normal forces (for first 3 slices) for the soil nailed slope with the Janbu’s method using the following information: Soil parameters : c’=3kPa, ¢'=35°, unit weight=18.5 kN/m? Ground profile coordinates (0,0), (2,0), (8,6), (16,6) Water table coordinates (0,0), (2,0), (8,4), (16,5) Slip surface (2,0), (5,0.207), (6.5,0.668), (8,1.412), (10,3.006), (12,6) Slice weight base base base angle Tength pore pressure (kN) (deg) (m) (kPa) 1 80.80 3.94 3.007 8.80 2 95.63 17.09 1.569 20.23 3 121.05, 26.39 1.675 24.13 4 144.14 38.54 2.557 18.8 5S 58.03 36.26 3.601 2.77 Intersection between nail and slip surface is at (10.173, 3.264). Effective nail load=19.41 KN, nail inclination angle = 10°, (25 marks) 3of4