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Slope stability analysis is performed to assess the safe design of a human-made or natural

slopes (e.g. open-pit mining, excavations, etc.) and the equilibrium conditions. Slope stability is
the resistance of inclined surface to failure by sliding or collapsing.as such there should be
methods and techniques to analyze slopes, one of them being limit equilibrium.

Limit Equilibrium
Limit equilibrium is the most common approach for analyzing slope stability in two and three
dimensions. This method identifies potential failure mechanisms and derives factors of safety
for a particular geotechnical situation.
Limit equilibrium methods investigate the equilibrium of a soil mass tending to slide down
under the influence of gravity. This methods are based on the comparison of forces, moments,
or stresses resisting movement of the mass with those that can cause unstable motion
(disturbing forces). The output of the analysis is a factor of safety, defined as the ratio of the
shear strength to the shear stress required for equilibrium. If the value of factor of safety is less
than 1.0, the slope is unstable. All limit equilibrium methods assume that the shear strengths of
the materials along the potential failure surface are governed by linear or non-linear
relationships between shear strength and the normal stress on the failure surface.
Today Mining Engineers have a lot of possibilities to use analysis software, ranges from
simple limit equilibrium techniques through to computational limit analysis approaches. Typical
slope stability software that analyze the stability of generally layered soil slopes include;

i. Swedish Slip Circle Method of Analysis


ii. Ordinary Method of Slices
iii. Spencer’s Method
iv. Lorimer's method

Probabilistic
Probabilistic techniques are rational means to quantify and incorporate uncertainty into slope
analysis and design. A spreadsheet approach for probabilistic slope stability analysis is
developed. The methodology is based on Monte Carlo simulation using the familiar and readily
available software, Microsoft® Excel 97 and @Risk. The analysis accounts for the spatial
variability of the input variables, the statistical uncertainty due to limited data, and biases in the
empirical factors and correlations used. The approach is simple and can be applied in practice
with little effort beyond that needed in a conventional analysis.
Numerical
The numerical technique chosen depends on both soil specifications and its situations and the
potential mode of failure. This is a finite element analysis which enables the use of various
models to determine the stresses and displacements. It is based on gravity increased method
and by shear strength reduction technique. Numerical modelling techniques provide an
approximate solution to problems which otherwise cannot be solved by conventional methods.
Numerical analysis allows for material deformation and failure, modelling of pore
pressures, creep deformation, dynamic loading, assessing effects of parameter variations etc.
However, numerical modelling is restricted by some limitations. For example, input parameters
are not usually measured and availability of these data is generally poor.

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