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The expansion of human settlements has reached maximum levels during the last few years and the construction industry is facing new challenges every day. One of these is the necessity of evaluating or even improving the slope stability of certain sites. There are different types of methods which are commonly known for helping in this regard, such as limit equilibrium methods, slip line methods, displacement finite element method and finite element limit analysis methods. Out of all, the latter two have become more and more used due to the accuracy of the results and very few initial assumptions required. This paper proposes to compare the results generated by strength reduction finite element analyses (SRFEA) and finite element limit analyses (FELA) for slopes consolidated with one row of piles. Due to the fact that the limit analyses are limited to associated flow rule, corrections were made according to Davis proposal and their influence on the reinforced slope was also analysed.
| Keywords | SRFEA, FELA, slope stability, consolidation piles |
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| Topics | Sustainable infrastructures |
