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Method of Slices
Bishop
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Morgenstern & Price
Use of Limit Equilibrium
Choice of Geometry
Strengths & Pressures
Long Term Problems
Short Term Problems
Summary
References
Input Instructions
Geometry
Boundary Forces
Pore Pressures
Strength Parameters
Earthquake Loading
Iteration Control
M-P Method
Convergence
Examples
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3i
Example 3ii
Example 4
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Three input parameters control program sequence with regard to earthquake loading. The first is a switch which controls whether or not to search for the critical seismic coefficient. The second input parameter is k, the critical seismic coefficient which reduces the factor of safety to unity. If no search is desired, this value of k is used throughout the analysis. If a search is desired, then this value is the initial seismic coefficient. The third parameter is a tolerance on F=1 in the search for the critical seismic coefficient.