A few unexpected results for GWL changes
A few unexpected results for GWL changes
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Hi everyone,
I have carried out a study to find the effect of raised GWL on various slopes and angles, and as expected the higher the slope(in terms of height and angle) the lower the critical GWL(FOS of 1).
For all cases of increasing the angle the crit GWL decreased.
The GWL also decreased for most case in terms of increasing the height but keeping the angle constant, BUT for a angles (28,30,32,34) the crit GWL stayed constant even thought the height was being increased?
I can conclude that the steepness of an angle has more effect that an increase of height, but I am unsure why the Crit GWL level is constant in some cases?
Kind regards,
Anand
I have carried out a study to find the effect of raised GWL on various slopes and angles, and as expected the higher the slope(in terms of height and angle) the lower the critical GWL(FOS of 1).
For all cases of increasing the angle the crit GWL decreased.
The GWL also decreased for most case in terms of increasing the height but keeping the angle constant, BUT for a angles (28,30,32,34) the crit GWL stayed constant even thought the height was being increased?
I can conclude that the steepness of an angle has more effect that an increase of height, but I am unsure why the Crit GWL level is constant in some cases?
Kind regards,
Anand





RE: A few unexpected results for GWL changes
RE: A few unexpected results for GWL changes
Im not sure you understood my findings, the crit GWL was the same for many cases where I kept the slope angle the same but increased the height(by increasing X axis), and I would have expected the crit GWL to become lower each time the height was increased, but this was not the case...
However when I increased the angle only, the crit GWL lowered on every occasion
Hope that clears it up
Kind regards,
Anand
RE: A few unexpected results for GWL changes