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Ex.mple 2.-In this problen. the slip surface is aD arbirrarr one. Thi5
a simple problem but chosenbecausein this case bolh ihe qrirer (t973),
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resull. lhe presnlmethod doessiv an acceprable(turion. The ftral re
are as sho*n in Fig. 5. It is possible rlar boih lhe Nlorsetrstemand Pri
melhod and lhe wriler's method will prcduce .n accertableresull if one 1i;i1:',1iI,li; "
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Nirh the differenl vsrislions of lheir assunprionsfor a lone 1ide.
Exrbple l.-These two casesar chosenas exanrDlesof aclual slios.
first one is ! roiationsl slide and is desclibedby Chnqdler(19?:l)and rhe
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thesecases.the nonhomogeneilyof the irternrl malerialis disreSarded. o'" i
Case 3, the W.llinsboroush slip lchandler (t914)1, is sfiown h Fis.6 " ".r"i''.'"r r"i,'lu.
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the pre-1961section.Porepressuresare assumedoDthe slip snrface. Ih. 1e
crack is assuned to be fiUed wilh Fater. (The solurion js nodified easily
lake this extemal iorce into accoDnt.)The resuhsare as sho$n in tig. 7. *i,,
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exampleshowsclrrly the effecl olih sheai st.enClhofmaterialon rfi.
shearsurfacesoD the residualslrenglhrequiredfor 4 = I or r, = 0.
case 4, the Bury HiI slide lHurchinson, er al. (1971)1.is shown in
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This exanrplshoss rharfor trandaiio.al slides.the strearslrenalhon the ffii;*''.1:nt'*#'1;i1;
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shearsurfacesdoes not have a dramaliceffecr on fie requiredresiduals
but slill can accourl for aboul a degreein f.icrion angle.
11is oien noticd thal the residual shar streng(hmeasuredfrom lorsi
sheartesls in rhe laboratory is loF.r thao thal conrpuledfron anallsis of
slips. Hurchinson. er al. (19?l). It is nos sccr thal the nrcthod of ana
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nself can accounl for some of fiis differen.e, depcndingon the shapeof
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Froh the 1es1cases. it is louDd thal rle hethod is suit.ble tur .naly
actualslipslhat has occurred.Becauselargesliccscan be used.thc ti,n.
for eachanallsis is comparltively small.
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limit equilibriummelhodsofstability ualysis $here differert nelhods can
differenl purposs.The method presenredin this paper is suirablefor
ol slopc failLuestating into accounl rhe kinematicsot slidtrs blo.ks. lL Liii.'.jl'?;r1.r,. ;'ri ,' irI',:i,
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