An Improved Approach of Classical Upper Bound Theory for Stability Analysis of Layered Slopes

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Reference</td><td class="align_center">Analytical method</td><td class="align_center">Slope FOS</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Zolfaghari et al. [<a href="/journals/ace/2023/4286038/#B32" target="_blank">32</a>]</td><td class="align_center">Morgenstern–Price</td><td class="align_center">1.48</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cheng et al. [<a href="/journals/ace/2023/4286038/#B33" target="_blank">33</a>]</td><td class="align_center">Spencer</td><td class="align_center">1.4802</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Presented study</td><td class="align_center">Upper bound approach</td><td class="align_center">1.452</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Geo-Slope</td><td class="align_center">MorgensternPrice</td><td class="align_center">1.446</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of the results of slope FOS (Example <a href="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/ace/volume-2023/4286038/figures/#supplementary-material-1" target="_blank">3</a>).</div>

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