Slope stability tools

Teaching tools for the slope stability class at EAFIT University.

Contents

Conditioning factors

1. Mohr circle and stress paths
2. Mohr circle for strains
3. SPT processing
4. Shear strength envelopes
5. Susceptibility assessment

Triggering factors

1. Triggering factors: Earthquakes
2. Approach to seismic landslide hazard
3. Triggering factors: Rainfall
4. Approach to rainfall landslide hazard

Rupture and failure mechanisms

1. Global equilibrium Method
2. Limit equilibrium Method
3. Probability of failure

Propagation of unstable masses

1. Semiempirical simulation of landslide runout

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