On the Location of Multiple Failure Slip Surfaces in Slope Stability Problems Using the Meshless SPH Algorithm

Figure 7

Contour plot of deformation for slope particles at different times: (a) t = 1 s; (b) t = 2 s; (c) t = 3 s; (d) t = 4 s; (e) t = 5 s; (f) t = 6 s (the dotted line in (f) represents the result from MPM analysis).

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