Abstract
Soil slope stability problems in engineering works are usually analysed using limit equilibrium methods. A number of existing methods are based on finding the critical circular failure surface for homogeneous soils, but failure surfaces tend to be non-circular for layered slopes. A simple genetic algorithm is presented to search the critical non-circular failure surface in slope stability analysis and is used to solve the Morgenstern-Price method to find the factor of safety. The pseudo-static horizontal and vertical forces due to earthquake and surcharge load due to existing buildings and structures on natural slopes are included in the analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 139-152 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Computers and Geotechnics |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2005 |