Find the Factor of Safety and Critical Height for both seepage and submerged conditions of a 3.5:1 slope with the following parameters:
c = 3.6 kPa
? = 15°
γm= 20 kN/m3
γsat = 22.5 kN/m3
H = 4 m
Find the Factor of Safety and Critical Height for both seepage and submerged conditions of a...
. A long natural slope in fissured overconsolidated clay is inclined to the horizontal with an angle =15 o . The saturated unit weight of clay is 18 kN/m3 . The water table is at the surface and the seepage is roughly parallel to the slope. A slip has developed on a plane parallel to the surface at the depth of 4.0 m. Find the factor of safety along the slip plane, for the following two cases: a. Peak shear...
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Question 1 A slope with angle B -45, H = 9 m, cohesion c =20 kN/m², 0=25, y = 17 kN/m is to be constructed; Find; 1- The critical height of the slope. 2- The factor of safety so that Fc = FØ =F (Hint: Taylors stability number) Question 2 A slope of height H=12 m, ß = 50°, r=18 kN/m', c=30 kN/m², Ø = 25° Find the factor of safety using; 1- Ordinary method of slices. 2- Bishop's simplified...
Please 7. As shown below, a cantilever type of retaining wall of 7.3 m high with two soil layers behin d the wall. The following parameters can be used: (i) soil l: c-0, φ-40° and γ-17 kNm3; (ii) soil 2: c-5 kN m 2, ф-35° andy-20 kN/m3; Assume a reduction factor k ,2/3 to comsider the cohesion and rietion angle at the base slaby the unit wecight of concrete be assumed to be 23.5 kN/m3. Calculate the factors of safety...
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A 6 m deep slope is going to be excavated in a deep soil deposit. The geometry of the slope is shown in the following figure. Assume. The soil has the following properties: t = 20 kN/m3, cu = 20 kPa, = 5o Water table is well below the toe of the embankment. (a) Calculate the slope batter angle, , for which slope failure would occur. (b) Assume a slope batter angle of ranging from 40o to 60o...
65 kN 45 kN/m 35 kN/m 1 m A36 Steel .Factor of safety must be 3.0 with respect to yielding in tension or compression and 3.5 with respect to yielding in shear .Determine which beam will be lightest 1) Draw a shear force and moment diagrams of the beam with maximums shown and non-linear curves sho wn. 2) Tentatively select a beam based on max normal stress 3) Check the tentatively selected beam for max shear 4) Find and identify...
A 6 m deep slope is going to be excavated in a deep soil deposit. The geometry of the slope is shown in the following figure. Assume. The soil has the following properties: yt = 19 kN/m3, cu = 20 kPa, u = 0o R = 10 m, AB = 2 m Water table is well below the toe of the embankment. Note: only a is a variable input. Find the net area and the centroid of this net area...
Problem 1 For a slope as shown in the figure below. Using the ordinary method of slices (i.e. Fellenius), find the factor of safety for the trial case B = 45',' = 20°, c' = 19.2 kPa, y = 18.08 kN/m, H= 12.2 m, a = 30° and 0 = 700. Hint: You can divide the trial slip surface into 7 slices as below. 700 ① / ② / ③ / 0 / 0 3.2 3 3 3 3 3