Slope Stability

Analysis
BY
SUDARSHAN BAROLE
15CE64R07

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
KHARAGPUR

Slope stability of cohesive and

frictional soil

Problem statement-

To perform slope stability analysis of embankment under following

condition
1, slope under dry condition
2. embankment with water seepage through it .
3. Embankment with encourage/nailing
To find out factor of safety in each case and also to model shear strain
distribution in embankment.

Embankment details

Material properties

Silty-clay material is used with following properties-

Soil

density 2500 kg/m3

porosity .3

shear modulus 0.3 e8 Pa

permeability 1e-10 m/s

bulk modulus 1e8 Pa

density of water=1000 kg/m3

friction angle 15

cohesion 20000Pa

Nail

cs area= 5e-4 m2
pa

young modulus of elasticity 1e11

tensile 1e10 N

Bond strength(N/m) 800000

1.Slope stability- dry condition

Inputcode

config gwflow extra 10

grid 32,16

gen (0.0,0.0) (0.0,3.0) (5.0,3.0) (5.0,0.0) i 1 9

gen (5.0,0.0) (5.0,3.0) (10.0,10.0) (10.0,0.0) i 9 17

gen (10.0,0.0) (10.0,10.0) (25.0,10.0) (25.0,0.0) i 17 33

model mohr i=1,32 j=1,16

fix x y j=1

fix x i=1

fix x i=33

set gravity=9.81

set flow=of

group 'M1:silty-clay' notnull

model mohr notnull group 'M1:silty-clay'

prop density=2500.0 bulk=1E8 shear=3E8 cohesion=20000.0 friction=15.0 dilation=0.0 tension=0.0 notnull group
'M1:silty-clay'

history 999 unbalanced

solve elastic

Factor of safety dry condition

2. Slope stability- seepage

through embankment
Water table is adjust up to top on both side
of embankment.
As due to diference in elevation of water, It
will flow through embankment and the
contour of degree of saturation obtain is
shown below.

Input code

prop por=0.3 perm=1.0E-10 notnull

set flow=on

water bulk=1.0E9

water density=1000.0

set funsat=on

set mechanical=of

apply pp 0.0 var 0.0 30000.0 from 1,17 to 1,1

apply pp 0.0 var 0.0 100000.0 from 33,17 to 33,1

apply pp 0.0 from 1,17 to 17,17

solve

initial saturation 0.0

solve

Saturation contour

Contours of degree of saturation in embankment

Factor of safety

3.Slope with reinforcement

NAIL DETAILSCross section area= 5e-4 m2
tensile 1e10 N

young modulus of elasticity 1e11 pa

Bond strength(N/m) 800000

Bond strength 1.5e10

Length and location of nail
5.54m @ 5.2m from bottom of embankment
5.84m @ 3.8 m from bottom of embankment

Slope with reinforcement

Discussion
1.For dry slope- factor of safety=1.09
2. Fos under seepage condition=1
3. Fos for reinforced soil=1.13
Strain rate increment is observed in 3 cases and also plot of factor
of safety is observed.