Slope Stability by the Limit Equilibrium Method: Fundamentals and Methods
Overview of effective-stress LEM procedures with worked examples.
This library brings together respected third-party papers, reports, and reference material on slope stability. Each entry includes a short summary and a link to the original source so you can explore the full publication.
Overview of effective-stress LEM procedures with worked examples.
Practical reference on shear strength of soils and its application to the stability of natural and engineered slopes, embankments and earth dams. Duncan, Wright and Brandon explain drained and undrained strength, effective stress, stress–strain behaviour and selection of design parameters,…
Updated textbook on geotechnical earthquake engineering that covers seismology, strong ground motion, site response and dynamic soil behaviour, leading into seismic design of foundations, retaining structures and slopes. Kramer presents performance-based earthquake engineering concepts, probabilistic hazard assessment and practical procedures…
Comprehensive guide to investigation, design and remediation of civil rock slopes, including cuttings, highway and railway slopes, benches and natural rock faces. Wyllie updates the classic Hoek and Bray text with new material on weathered rock, shear strength in relation…
Specialist reference on rock fall processes, hazard assessment and mitigation measures for transport corridors, infrastructure and slopes. Wyllie describes causes of rock falls, including geology, climate and topography, and presents detailed case histories on rock fall trajectories, impact energies and…
Comprehensive guideline developed under the Large Open Pit (LOP) project that documents the full open pit slope design process from project scoping through operation and closure. Read and Stacey integrate contributions from many authors on geology, rock mass characterisation, hydrology,…
Static Slope Stability in Practice: Drained Shear Strengths provides a comprehensive walkthrough on drained stability analyses and the practical application of drained soil shear strengths for both natural and engineering slopes, highlighting the mechanisms underlying the behavior of slopes under static…
Companion volume to the main LOP guideline that focuses on open pit slope design in weak and weathered rocks such as saprolites, altered volcanics and weak sedimentary sequences. Martin and Stacey present guidance on geological and geotechnical models for weak…
Extensive reference on both analysis and remediation of unstable slopes in soil and rock, integrating geotechnical investigation, limit equilibrium and numerical analysis with design of stabilisation measures. Abramson, Lee, Sharma and Boyce cover general slope stability concepts, common modes of…
Advanced treatment of the physical and physico-chemical behaviour of soils, covering soil composition, fabric, water–soil interactions, consolidation, creep, cyclic behaviour and critical state concepts. Mitchell, Soga and O’Sullivan emphasise microstructure and the links between soil fabric and macroscopic properties used…
The infinite slope equation serves as a useful tool for assessing the stability of long, shallow slopes. Alternatively, the finite-el-ement method provides insights into long-slope failure mechanisms and deformation profiles. Both methods are suitable for probabilisticanalyses that incorporate spatially variable…
Case study demonstrating why 3D LEM can give higher and more realistic FS for mine waste dumps.
SCOOPS3D software description for automated 3D landscape-scale analysis.
Shows that 3D slopes have a unique sliding direction not captured by 2D analysis.
Experimental study of liquefaction of saturated sands under cyclic loading, providing criteria for evaluating liquefaction potential.
Performs statistical analysis of 301 slope failures, revealing typical factors of safety and common modelling shortcomings.
Evaluates differences between factoring strategies.
Lei, Abraham and Zheng examine stress distributions in slope failures analysed using the Swedish slip circle method. They highlight inconsistencies in stress assumptions and show why the method can misestimate factors of safety under certain conditions.
Combines FEM seepage modelling with LEM stability to improve pore-pressure accuracy.
Provides stability charts based on kinematic limit analysis for quick, non-iterative evaluation.