Stability Analysis of Downstream Dam Expansion Tailings Pond

Table 3

Safety factor values of different solving methods under three working conditions.

Condition	New/original reservoir area	Factor of safety				Failure probability (%)
		Limit equilibrium method	Finite element method	Combination of Monte Carlo method
		Swedish circle method	SRM	Swedish circle method	SRM
	New	2.207	2.409	2.274	2.558	0
	Original	1.781	1.864	4.597	4.743	0
	New	2.322	2.431	2.354	2.500	0
	Original	2.353	2.538	5.220	6.067	0
	New	1.936	2.073	2.074	2.147	0