Research Article
Stability Charts for Pseudostatic Stability Analysis of 3D Homogeneous Soil Slopes Using Strength Reduction Finite Element Method
Table 1
Material properties of Zhang’s [
23] example.
| Material property | Upper soil layer | Weaker layer |
| Young’s modulus, (MPa) | 10 | 10 | Poisson’s ratio, | 0.25 | 0.25 | Unit weight, (kN/m3) | 18.8 | 19.5 | Friction angle, (°) | 20 | 10 | Cohesion, (kPa) | 29 | 0 | Dilation angle, (°) | 0 | 0 |
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