Effects of Soil Properties and Slope Angle on Deformation and Stability of Cut Slopes

Table 1

Input parameters for LEM and FEM.

Parameters	Slope-1	Slope-2	Slope-3	Slope-4	Slope-5	Slope-6
Bulk unit weight, γ(kN/m^3)	18.05	18.27	18.29	18.75	18.22	18.10
Saturated unit weight, γsat (kN/m3)	18.62	18.32	18.51	18.36	18.43	18.21
Young’s modulus, E	19,834	21,678	22,794	20,130	23,485	21,233
Poison’s ratio, ʋ	0.35	0.35	0.30	0.35	0.35	0.30
Cohesion before saturation, (kN/m^2)	9.30	11.52	14.50	14.15	14.74	14.80
Cohesion after saturation, (kN/m^2)	7.26	10.19	11.28	10.19	12.33	10.16
Friction angle before saturation, (°)	23.8	21.1	21.7	19.0	24.4	22.9
Friction angle after saturation, (°)	19.1	14.9	16.8	16.3	19.2	17.7