Rigorous Solution of Slopes’ Stability considering Hydrostatic Pressure

Table 1

Variation of the ultimate loads and the distribution of the sliding belt with the depth .

Ground water depth (m)	Ultimate load (kPa)		(m)	(m)
	Rigid region	Plastic region (average)
0	77.80	107.69	2.32	0.87
0.5	77.54	107.25	2.32	0.87
1.0	76.69	106.74	2.31	0.87
1.5	73.34	105.39	2.31	0.86
2.0	70.78	104.38	2.30	0.86
2.5	64.09	101.67	2.29	0.86
3.0	59.83	99.93	2.28	0.85
4.0	43.89	93.51	2.27	0.85
No ground water	33.85	86.98	2.25	0.85