Static and Seismic Stability Charts for Three-Dimensional Cut Slopes and Natural Slopes under Short-Term Undrained Conditions

Table 4

Factors of safety for the example slope.

		B/H = 1.5	B/H = 2.0	B/H = 3.0	B/H = 5.0	B/H = 10.0	2D
kh = 0	Fcut	1.84	1.67	1.55	1.44	1.36	1.30
	Fnatural	1.61	1.49	1.38	1.29	1.24	1.18
kh = 0.1	Fcut	1.59	1.43	1.30	1.21	1.11	1.04
	Fnatural	1.43	1.31	1.20	1.12	1.04	0.97
kh = 0.2	Fcut	1.42	1.25	1.14	0.97	0.90	0.82
	Fnatural	1.27	1.16	1.06	0.92	0.85	0.78
kh = 0.3	Fcut	1.26	1.09	0.94	0.81	0.73	0.63
	Fnatural	1.15	1.02	0.90	0.78	0.71	0.61