Plane Failure

A. Drained Condition

Fig.1 Plane Failure Drained Condition

Input

 C = Cohesion in Kpa.

 H = Height of Bench in m.

 δ = Specific Gravity in KN/m3.

 N = Number of Discontinuity Plane.

 Ψ = Angle of Discontinuity.

 θ = Angle of Slope Face.

 Φ = Angle of Friction.

Formula

W = (δH2/2)×(cot Ψ–cotθ) (1)

(C×A)+(W×cos Ψ ×tan Φ )
FOS = (2)
(W×sin Ψ)

The weight of sliding block is given by the equation 1 and the factor of safety can be calculated
using the equation 2.

B. Undrained Condition

Tensile Crack in Face

 Fig.2 Undrained condition where the tensile crack is present in the face.

Input

 C = Cohesion in Kpa.

 H = Height of Bench in m.

 δ = Specific Gravity in KN/m3.

 N = Number of Discontinuity Plane.

 Ψ = Angle of Discontinuity.

 θ = Angle of Slope Face.

 Φ = Angle of Friction.

 Z = Depth of Tension Crack in m.

 Zw = Height of Water in Tension Crack in m.

Formula

A = ((H-z)/sin Ψ)×1 (3)

V = ((zw2× δ g)/2) (4)

U= (A × δW × Zw)/2 (5)

W = (δH2/2)×(1- (Z/H))cot Ψ –cot θ) (6)

Z/H = 1-(cot Φ × cot θ) (7)

((C×A)+(W×cos Ψ – U – V×sin Ψ) tan Φ ) (8)

FOS =
(W×sin Ψ + V×cos Ψ)
The area of contact of sliding block is given by equation 3, thrust due to water present in
discontinuity plane (V) is given by equation 4, thrust because of water on the tension crack (U)
is given by equation 5, weight of sliding block is given by the equation 6, and the factor of
safety can be calculated using the equation 8.

Tensile Crack in upper slope surface

Fig.3 Undrained codition tensile crack in upper slope surface.

Input

 C = Cohesion in Kpa.

 H = Height of Bench in m.

 δ = Specific Gravity in KN/m3.

 N = Number of Discontinuity Plane.

 Ψ = Angle of Discontinuity.

 θ = Angle of Slope Face.

 Φ = Angle of Friction.

 Z = Depth of Tension Crack in m.

 Zw = Height of Water in Tension Crack in m.

Formula

A = ((H-z)/sin Ψ)×1 (9)

V = ((zw2× δ g)/2) (10)

U= (A × δW × Zw)/2 (11)
 W = (δH2/2)×(1- (Z/H))cot Ψ (cot Ψ × tan θ -1)) (12)

Z/H = 1-(cot Φ × cot θ) (13)

((C×A)+(W×cos Ψ – U – V×sin Ψ) tan Φ ) (14)

FOS =
(W×sin Ψ + V×cos Ψ)

The area of contact of sliding block is given by equation 9, thrust due to water present in
discontinuity plane (V) is given by equation 10, thrust because of water on the tension crack
(U) is given by equation 11, weight of sliding block is given by the equation 12, and the factor
of safety can be calculated using the equation 14.

Wedge Failure
 Fig. 4 Steroplot data required for wedge failure analysis.

Input

The Steroplot plot data obtained after plotting the steronet for the planes of wedge is taken as
input such as Ψa, Ψb, ψ5, ψ na.nb, θ24, θ45, θ2.na, θ13, θ35, θ1.nb, φA, φB, γr γw, cA, cB and
H.

Formula

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛹𝑎 – 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛹𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃𝑛𝑎.𝑛𝑏

A= (15)
(𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛹5 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃𝑛𝑎.𝑛𝑏)

𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛹𝑏 – 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛹𝑎 cosθna.nb

B= (16)
sin Ψ5 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 θna.nb
sin θ24
x= (17)
sin θ45 cosθ2.na

sin θ13
Y = sin θ35 cosθ1.nb (18)

3 γw γw
FOS = γr (cA X + cB Y) + (A − 2γr X) tanφA + (B − 2γr Y) tanφB (19)

The equations 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 is used to calculate the FOS for wedge failure.

Circular Failure

Fig. 5 Circular Failure Ф = 0 method

Input
  Cu = Undrained Cohesion (or) Undrained Shear Strength in pounds

 R = Radius of Circular Surface in meter

 W = Weight of Sliding Mass in kips

 d = Horizontal distance betwwen circle centre to the centre of sliding mass in meter

 L = Arc Length in meters

Formula

Cu×R×L
FOS = (20)
W×d

The equation 20 gives the formula to calculate FOS for circular failure.

General Analysis

Input

 C = Cohesion in Kpa.

 H = Height of Bench in m.

 δ = Specific Gravity in KN/m3.

 N = Number of Discontinuity Plane.

 Ψ = Angle of Discontinuity.

 θ = Angle of Slope Face.

 Φ = Angle of Friction.

 Z = Depth of Tension Crack in m.

 Zw = Height of Water in Tension Crack in m.

 C = Cohesion in Kpa.

 H = Height of Bench in m.

 δ = Specific Gravity in KN/m3.

 N = Number of Discontinuity Plane.

  Ψ = Angle of Discontinuity.

 θ = Angle of Slope Face

 Steroplot data obtained from plotting on steronet.

 Cu = Undrained Cohesion (or) Undrained Shear Strength in pounds

 R = Radius of Circular Surface in meter

 W = Weight of Sliding Mass in kips

 d = Horizontal distance between circle centre to the centre of sliding mass in meter

 L = Arc Length in meters

Formula

The equations 1, 2 is used to calculate FOS for the plane failure drained condition. The
equations 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 are used to calculate FOS for the plane failure undrained where tensile
crack is face. The equations 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 are used to calculate FOS for the plane failure
undrained where tensile crack is present in upper slope face. The equations 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
are used to calculate FOS for wedge failure. The equation 20 is used to calculate the FOS for
circular failure. The comparison takes place between all the obtained FOS and the output is
given as least FOS obtained from all the conditions.

Summary

The Android application and the software has been developed based on the modules. All the
formulas have been incorporating in both the application and software. It is proceeded next to
validation part.