Sauffisseau, R and Ahangar Asr, A 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8210-7519
2018,
'Stratified slopes, numerical and empirical stability analysis'
, Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering and Computational Mechanics, 171 (4)
, pp. 174-185.
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Abstract
Urbanisation means that many natural slopes in and around cities are often subjected to cuts resulting in dramatic changes in the geometry of slope faces mostly by increasing slope angle which could lead to failures with catastrophic consequences. As most natural slopes are of nonhomogeneous layered nature, understanding the stability behaviour of such slopes will be of utmost importance. The current practice in analysing slopes of complicated nature, geometrically and materially, is mostly to apply simplifications sacrificing accuracy leading to use of large factors of safety, which could undermine analytical and economic feasibility of projects. In this research limit-equilibrium and finite element methods are used, respectively by OASYS Slope and PLAXIS 2D, to empirically and numerically model and analyse geometrically non-homogeneous stratified slopes with the aim of understanding the effects of non-homogeneity of geometry and materials on stability under various inclination angles of slope face. The analysis included determination of factors of safety as well as a sensitivity analysis looking into the combined effects of contributing parameters.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools: | Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering and Computational Mechanics |
| Publisher: | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) |
| ISSN: | 1755-0777 |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Alireza Ahangar Asr |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2018 08:59 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2019 02:30 |
| URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/49510 |
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