Research Article

Stability Analysis of Three-Dimensional Slopes Considering the Earthquake Force Direction

Table 3

Comparisons of F and critical slip surface for Example 1 (Spencer’s method).

Ry (m)24.448.873.297.6
ZhangCurrentZhangCurrentZhangCurrentZhangCurrent

F2.2432.2332.1432.1292.1292.1082.1322.100
Xc (m)13.513.913.614.013.114.0113.3613.9
Zc (m)26.9925.6228.0525.7128.424.1128.4426.99
Rx (m)22.4623.5922.1624.7622.6525.2622.4625.36

Note. The same special ellipsoid slip surface (Ry=Rx, θ=0) used by Zhang is adopted in this paper.