THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS APPLIED TO STABILITY OF SLOPES

This work presents a method for the determination of the safety factor of a slope based on the theory of the calculus of variations. The method allows for the determination of the critical sliding line (the one giving the minimum safety factor) without the necessity of guessing about its shape, which leads to a considerable economy of time and effort. Furthermore it gives the actual safety factor of the slope and consequently a more complete knowledge of the safety of the slope is obtained. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • Revilla, J
  • Castillo, E
• Conference:
  • Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1-11
• Serial:
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Calculation; Coefficients; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Safety; Safety factors; Slope stability
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation; Sliding
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 6473: Mathematical model; 5504: Safety coefficient; 5783: Slope stability
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156450
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM