Elements of Soil Mechanics - 8th Edition
by Ian Smith
Blackwell Publishing, 2006

Chapter 5 - Stability of Slopes

"The overall stability of slopes is covered in Section 11 of Eurocode 7 and the GEO limit state is the principal state that is considered..." (Section 5.7)

Resources for Chapter 5:

ExcelExample 5.3

Excel Example 5.6 *

Excel Example 5.7

Excel Example 5.12 *

Excel Exercises: Ex 5.3, Ex's 5.5 & 5.6, Ex 5.7, Ex 5.9 *

Excel Spreadsheet of partial factor sets

pdf Exercises

 

* Click "No" or "Don't update" if prompted by dialogue box. These spreadsheets should really be saved locally (right click on link) in the same folder as the partial factors spreadsheet for correct operation.

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