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Random Surface Generation in Stability Analysis
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Numerical AnalysisEngineeringRock SlopeCurve ModelingComputer-aided DesignRandom Surface GenerationComputational MechanicsStabilityReliability EngineeringSlope StabilityNumerical SimulationComputerized AnalysisFailure AnalysisSystems EngineeringNumerical StabilityCurve FittingModeling And SimulationComputational GeometryStability AnalysisGeometric ModelingComputer EngineeringEngineering Failure AnalysisComputerized SolutionNatural SciencesCivil EngineeringSurface ModelingSlope Stabilization
Computerized solution of the factor of safety for slope stability via limiting equilibrium analysis and the method of slices is extremely common. However, computerized failure surface generation and analysis has been limited to simple regular geometric shapes, viz., the circle. If more complex surfaces need to be examined, they are manually generated prior to computerized analysis. Computer program ST ABL (1,5), used routinely by the Indiana State Highway Commission for 5 yr, has unique searching routines which permit any failure surface shape and position to be generated and analyzed by the computer.