Stability Charts for Pseudostatic Stability Analysis of 3D Homogeneous Soil Slopes Using Strength Reduction Finite Element Method

Figure 11

Comparisons between the chart solutions of this study and the upper- and lower-bound solutions from Li et al. [8] for 3D frictional/cohesive soil slopes with various W/H ratios: (a) W/H = 1.0; (b) W/H = 2.0; (c) W/H = 3.0; (d) W/H = 5.0.

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