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EFFECT OF SLOPE ANGLE AND SOIL PROPERTIES ON
DEFORMATION AND STABILITY OF CUT SLOPES
SUNTHAR A/L ARUMOGAM
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
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EFFECT OF SLOPE ANGLE AND SOIL PROPERTIES ON
DEFORMATION AND STABILITY OF CUT SLOPES
SUNTHAR A/L ARUMOGAM
A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Engineering (Civil - Geotechnics)
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
MAY 2011
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I declare that this thesis entitled “Effect of Slope Angle and Soil Properties on
Deformation and Stability of Cut Slopes” is the result of my own research except as
cited in the references. The thesis has not been accepted for any degree and is not
concurrently in candidature of any other degree.
Signature : __________________________
Name : SUNTHAR A/L ARUMOGAM
Date : 12 MAY 2011
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To My Beloved Mother and Father …
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This report has been completed with the help and cooperation of many
individuals who played a vital role in providing intellectual, material and moral
supports. It is my pleasure to take this opportunity to thank all the people
contributing to it.
In particular, I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to my
supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurly Gofar for her generous advice, guidance and
encouragement. Thanks for supervising and guiding me through a year to finish this
project. Thanks a lot for being such a good and dedicated supervisor.
Apart from that, sincere appreciation is conveyed to my parents, sisters and
my loved one for their unconditional support and love that motivated me to
accomplish this project.
Last but not least, I would like to thank all my friends for their support and
encouragement during a year of study. The campus life is a lot more interesting with
all of them.
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ABSTRACT
The rapid development of an area has led to the cutting of natural slopes to
form man made slopes which will induce deformation and reduction in the stability
of the slope itself. The first part of the project focuses on the parametric study on the
influence of soil parameters and slope angle on the deformation and stability of a
slope. A total of 48 analyses were carried out on six types of soil with four slope
configurations. The analysis was carried out in two parts, which are,
deformation and stability analysis using finite element method and Strength
Reduction Technique (SRT) as well as stability analysis using Limit Equilibrium
Method (LEM). The outcome of this study is presented in the form of charts for
preliminary design of excavated slopes. The application of the charts is
demonstrated through a case study of a cut slope. The chart predicts that the slope
will have deformation of 15 mm and the factor of safety of 1.12 while finite element
analysis shows that the deformation of the case cut slope is 8.93mm. Meanwhile, the
factor of safety by SRT and LEM are 1.29 and 1.33 respectively. Hence, the slope is
in satisfactory condition. The results obtained from the charts show some differences
due to the assumptions and limitation used in the parametric study. However, the
differences are in the safe side, thus, in the absence of more sophisticated tools, the
chart can be used as preliminary estimation of slope deformation and stability.
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ABSTRAK
Pembangunan yang pesat di sesuatu kawasan telah menyebabkan
pemotongan cerun semulajadi untuk membentuk cerun potongan yang akan
membawa kepada deformasi and pengurangan kestabilan sesuatu cerun itu.
Bahagian pertama dalam projek ini tertumpu kepada kajian parametrik pada
pengaruh parameter tanah dan sudut cerun terhadap deformasi dan kestabilan cerun.
Sejumlah 48 analisis dilakukan pada enam jenis tanah dengan empat konfigurasi
cerun. Analisis dilakukan dalam dua bahagian, iaitu, deformasi dan analisis
kestabilan menggunakan kaedah FE dan SRT serta analisis kestabilan menggunakan
kaedah keseimbangan batas. Keputusan kajian tersebut dibentangkan dalam bentuk
grafik untuk reka bentuk awal cerun potongan. Aplikasi grafik ditunjukkan melalui
kajian kes cerun potongan. Graf meramalkan bahawa cerun potongan tersebut akan
mempunyai deformasi sebanyak 15mm dan faktor keselamatan 1.12 sedangkan
analisis finite element menunjukkan bahawa deformasi cerun potongan adalah
sebanyak 8.93mm. Sementara itu, faktor keselamatan oleh SRT dan LEM adalah
1.29 dan 1.33 masing-masing. Oleh itu, cerun berada dalam keadaan stabil.
Keputusan yang diperolehi daripada graf menunjukkan sedikit perbezaan kerana
andaian dan keterbatasan yang digunakan dalam kajian parametrik. Namun,
perbezaan berada di belah yang selamat, dengan demikian, dengan ketiadan alat-alat
yang canggih, graf tersebut boleh digunakan sebagai anggaran awal deformasi dan
kestabilan cerun.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TITLE PAGE
TITLE PAGE i
DECLARATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
ABSTRACT v
ABSTRAK vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
LIST OF TABLES x
LIST OF FIGURES xi
LIST OF SYMBOLS xii
LIST OF APPENDICES xiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Problem Statement 3
1.3 Objectives of Study 3
1.4 Scope of Study 3
1.5 Importance of Study 4
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 Introduction 5
2.2 Principles of Stability 6
2.2.1 Rotational Slips 7
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2.2.2 Effective Stress 7
2.2.3 Effect of Pore Pressure 8
2.2.4 Factor of Safety 8
2.2.5 Residual Strength 9
2.3 Modes of Slope Movement 10
2.4 Methods of Slope Stability Analyses 11
2.4.1 Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) 13
2.4.2 Finite Element Method 16
2.4.3 Strength Reduction Technique 18
2.5 Summary of Literature Review 19
3 METHODOLOGY 21
3.1 Introduction 21
3.2 Parametric Study on Effect of Slope Angle on
Slope Deformation and Slope Stability 23
3.3 Deformation and Stability Analysis for
Case Cut Slope 24
3.4 Analysis Tool 27
3.4.1 Deformation Analysis 27
3.4.2 Stability Analysis 27
3.5 Data Analysis 28
4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 29
4.1 Introduction 29
4.2 Slope Deformation Simulation Modeling for
Various Slope Angle 30
4.2.1 Deformation Analysis for Cohesive Soil 31
4.2.2 Deformation Analysis for Cohesionless Soil 35
4.3 Slope Stability Simulation Modeling for Various
Slope Angle 39
4.3.1 Stability Analysis for Cohesive Soil 40
4.3.2 Stability Analysis for Cohesionless Soil 44
4.4 Slope Deformation and Stability Analysis for
Case Cut Slope 48
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4.4.1 Slope Deformation Analysis for
Case Cut Slope 48
4.4.2 Slope Stability Analysis for
Case Cut Slope 51
4.5 Discussions 53
5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 55
5.1 Introduction 55
5.2 Conclusion 55
5.3 Recommendation for Future Study 56
REFERENCES 58
Appendices A – C 61 - 105
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE
2.1 Factor of Safety used for design 14
2.2 Limit Equilibrium Method analysis in practice 16
3.1 Soil parameters for cohesive soil and cohesionless soil 23
3.2 Slope dimensions and angle 23
3.3 Slope material properties 25
4.1 Soil parameters for cohesive soil and cohesionless soil 30
4.2 Slope configurations and respective angle 30
4.3 Deformation for various slope configurations for
cohesive soil 33
4.4 Deformation for various slope configurations for
cohesionless soil 37
4.5 Soil parameters for cohesive soil and cohesionless soil 40
4.6 Factor of safety for various slope configurations for
cohesive soil 42
4.7 Factor of safety for various slope configurations for
cohesionless soil 46
4.8 Case cut slope material properties 48
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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE
3.1 Overview of the activities for the study 22
3.2 Simulations Modeling for Various Degree of Slope Angle 24
3.3 Finite Element mesh of the case slope for
deformation analysis 26
3.4 Sketch of the case slope for stability analysis in Slope/W 26
4.1 (a) - (c) Deformation analysis for slope configuration of 1V:1H(45°) 32
4.2 Deformation versus slope configuration for cohesive soil 33
4.3 Deformation versus soil stiffness for cohesive soil 34
4.4 (a) - (c) Deformation analysis for slope configuration of 1V:1H(45°) 36
4.5 Deformation versus slope configuration for cohesionless soil 38
4.6 Deformation versus soil stiffness for cohesionless soil 39
4.7 (a) - (d) Stability analyses for medium clay for various slope angle 41
4.8 Factor of safety versus slope configuration for cohesive soil 42
4.9 Factor of safety versus cohesion 43
4.10 (a) - (d) Stability analyses for medium sand for various slope angles 45
4.11 Factor of safety versus slope configuration for
cohesionless soil 46
4.12 Factor of safety versus soil friction angle 47
4.13 (a) - (c) Deformation analysis for case cut slope 49
4.14 Relationship between soil stiffness and deformation
for case cut slope 50
4.15 (a) - (b) Stability analysis for case cut slope 51
4.16 Relationship between factor of safety and friction angle
for case cut slope 52
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LIST OF SYMBOLS
с - cohesion
c’ - effective cohesion
E - Young’s Modulus
F - failure function
FS - factor of safety
s - available shear strength
TD - total displacement
β - slope angle
γdry - dry unit weight
γwet - wet unit weight
ε - strain
ν - Poisson’s ratio
σ - stress
σn - normal stress
τ - equilibrium shear stress
τf - shear strength at failure
ø - angle of internal friction
ø’ - effective angle of internal friction
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX TITLE PAGE
A Deformation Analysis (FEM) 61
B Stability Analysis (LEM) 84
C Data for Case Study 89
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
Many countries have experienced natural disasters such as landslide, slope
failures and soils collapse due to the lack of planning in dealing with sloping
ground. Demand for engineered cut and fill slopes on construction projects has only
increased the need to understand analytical methods, investigative tools, and
stabilization methods to solve slope stability problems since man-made slope has
disrupted the delicate balance of natural soil slopes. Existing natural soil slopes
have been cut to form man-made slope in the name of rapid infrastructure
development in the past fifty years has caused an imbalance in natural formations.
Disturbance to soil particles due to construction has led to soil instability and
deformation of slope faces. The movement or instability of natural slopes or man-
made slopes has become a common civil engineering problem for many construction
works and sometimes has major socio-economic impacts on the society (Lee, 2003).
Man-made slopes exist all over the world. In mountainous areas natural
slopes are adapted for construction of roads and other infrastructure. In deltaic
regions man-made slopes are created by construction of embankments and dykes.
The qualities posed by nature often are not well studied during the pre-investment
phase in a project in which stability problems may threaten the safety and economy
of exploitation of the product during its engineering lifetime. Design of man-made
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slopes should be based on evaluation of the natural physical, hydrological and rock
and soil mechanical conditions. (Rupke, et al, 2006)
Stability of slopes is controlled by several factors including stratigraphy,
groundwater levels, seepage gradients, weathering profiles, inaccurate measurement,
shear strength of the soil or rock mass, geometry, modes of failures and methods of
analysis. Hence, the stability of slopes depends on the internal factors such as soil
strength and groundwater level as well as external factors such as external loads
which induce destabilizing forces on the slope. Lee (2003) has stated that soil mass
located beneath a sloping ground surface has a tendency to move downward under
the influence of gravity. If the shearing resistance of soil is adequate, the slope is
stable. Otherwise, slope tends to move and this cause instability conditions.
The study and analysis of slopes is essential for understanding their
performance and, in particular, their stability, reliability and deformations. Thus
geotechnical engineers often seek to calculate values of quantitative indicators of
performance such as the factor of safety (safety factor), lateral deformation, and
probability of failure and reliability index.
Limit equilibrium method are commonly adopted for the stability analyses of
slope. This approach gives factor of safety as indication of the stability of the slope
while adopting of probability concept results in the probability of failure and
reliability index. Soil deformation may be simulated using numerical modeling
which has made significant strides in the past fifty years. By using numerical
modeling, engineers are now able to simulate detailed aspects of the construction
process for a variety of problems including embankment loading, deep excavation,
tunnels, and other static or dynamic soil-structure interaction boundary value
problems.
Finite element or the finite difference methods are numerical techniques
available to solve equilibrium equations governing the boundary value problem.
PLAXIS, FLAC and SIGMA/W are numerical modeling tools commonly use in
simulating the soil behaviour and deformation.
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1.2 Problem Statement
The rapid development of an area has led to the cutting of natural slopes to
form man made slopes which will induce deformation and reduction in the stability
of the slope itself. In general, the factor of safety calculated based on limit
equilibrium method for idealized slope geometry. In reality, the excavation activities
to form a cut slope can induce deformation of the slope face. Therefore, it is very
important to predict the amount and direction of soil displacement due to the
deformation and calculate the slope stability based on the actual geometry. In this
project, the deformation and stability analysis of a slope cut according to area
development were conducted by taking into account the factor of safety obtained by
Simplified Bishop method in limit equilibrium analysis. Therefore, the trends of the
deformations and factor of safety are studied for changes in degree of slope angles
for different types of soil.
1.3 Objectives of Study
The objectives of this study are:
a) to determine the effect of slope angle on the deformation and slope stability
by parametric study
b) to develop charts that correlates the slope angle, soil properties and factor of
safety as well as maximum deformations for preliminary assessment of slope
stability
c) to validate the application of the charts by using case study of cut slope
1.4 Scope of Study
The study is focused on deformation and stability analysis of cut slopes of
various slope angle mainly for two types of soil which is cohesive soil and
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cohesionless soil. For cohesive soil, it is grouped into three types which is soft clay,
medium clay and stiff clay and meanwhile, cohesionless soil also grouped into three
types which is loose sand, medium sand and dense sand. The study is also focused
on the Finite Element and Limit Equilibrium Method analysis of a man-made cut
slope for the road widening construction project at Damansara Perdana, Petaling
Jaya. Both analyses are made using Strength Reduction Technique and Simplified
Bishop Method since the analysis is considered for a long term analysis.
1.5 Importance of Study
The importance of the study is the evaluation of the effects of various degree
of slope angle on slope deformation and stability for different types of soil; and long
term stability and deformation analysis of a man-made cut slope. Furthermore, it is
important to understand the role of deformation of cutting slope in predicting the
failure. A practicing geotechnical engineer may save time, quality and cost in
dealing with slope problem if the deformation of the slope face can be predicted and
adopted for analysis during the design stage.