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GEO5

Geotechnical software

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Verification – factor of safety

The analysis checks whether a ratio of resisting and shear (driving) forces acting on a slip surface is greater than the inputted factor of safety.

A factor of safety on the inputted slips forces is thus provided by:

where: G - gravity force
Sa,sv - vertical component of active pressure
Sa,vod - horizontal component of active pressure
di - length of  ith section slip surface
d - length of slip surface
Fh,n - bearing capacity of nth nail behind slip surface per 1 running meter
ci - cohesion of  ith soil layer
φi - angle o internal friction of ith layer
υ - inclination of slip surface
α - inclination of nails from horizontal direction



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