Research Article

Determination of Mohr–Coulomb Parameters from Nonlinear Strength Criteria for 3D Slopes

Table 1

The equivalent friction angle (°) for various soils.

β (°)m
1.21.41.61.82.02.22.5

0.52014.3010.578.316.785.694.873.98
3017.5213.1510.508.727.446.495.43
4018.9614.6311.869.958.567.506.32
5019.7815.6012.8210.859.398.277.01
6020.3316.3013.5311.5410.058.897.57

1.02015.4112.079.768.036.755.794.72
3022.9917.4413.8411.409.668.376.95
4028.7321.5517.0814.0811.9510.368.62
5032.0624.4919.6116.2713.8612.0510.06
6034.0126.6321.6118.0715.4813.5211.34

2.02015.4512.3510.138.477.196.195.08
3023.5418.7715.2812.7410.869.437.85
4032.0625.3220.3616.8514.2912.3710.26
5040.6331.6425.2620.8117.6015.2112.59
6047.5237.1929.7924.5620.7817.9614.87

3.02015.4612.3810.208.557.286.295.17
3023.5518.9115.5213.0311.179.738.12
4032.1725.8821.1117.6115.0013.0210.82
5041.4533.3627.0022.3618.9516.3813.57
6051.1341.0933.1227.3023.0519.8716.40

5.02015.4612.4010.238.597.336.355.23
3023.5518.9415.6213.1811.349.918.30
4032.1826.0521.4518.0215.4313.4411.21
5041.5433.9727.9023.3019.8517.2214.30
6051.8643.0335.2529.2524.7721.3817.66