Soil properties for short-term stability through SLIDE

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Soil properties for short-term stability through SLIDE

dtsk (Geotechnical)

(OP)

13 Feb 17 21:05

Hi all,

I am assessing the short-term stability of a road embankment.

To model short-term stability behavior, i have used the Undrained Shear Strength for cohesive soils.

How would you model a non-cohesive layer in Slide software? Would i be correct in simply using the Mohr-Coulomb c':0 , phi : 30 deg?

Thanks for your help!

GeoPaveTraffic (Geotechnical) · Answer 1 · 2017-02-13 22:29:42

You would be correct using a C=0 and Phi = an appropriate angle for free draining materials.

Mike Lambert

Okiryu (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 2 · 2017-02-14 08:52:02

If you have SPT data, you can use that data to get phi: there are several correlations between SPT N-value, normal stress and friction angle for granular soils.

dtsk (Geotechnical) · Answer 3 · 2017-02-15 04:01:01

RE: Soil properties for short-term stability through SLIDE

dtsk (Geotechnical)

(OP)

15 Feb 17 04:01

Great, thanks Mike & Okiryu.

HENRYZAU (Geotechnical) · Answer 4 · 2017-03-05 01:43:50

Comments on undrained strength for clay:
Depending on whether it's a cut slope or fill slope, and whether it's NC, lightly OC or heavily OC, and the definition of short term (should be so short that less than 10% excess pore pressure is dissipated), using undrained strength for clay is not always safe.

For granular materials yes c'=0 and phi' are correct unless you are facing saturated fine sand in an earthquake event.

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