ABSTRACT
Failure Surface ........................................................................................................ 570 11.4.1.1 Plane Failure Surface .............................................................................. 571 11.4.1.2 Circular Failure Surface ......................................................................... 572
11.4.2 Stability Analysis of a Homogeneous Slope Based on Critical Failure Surface ... 572 11.4.2.1 Closed-Form Solution ............................................................................. 572 11.4.2.2 Use of Taylor’s Stability Charts ............................................................. 573
11.5 Stabilization of Slopes with Piles ..................................................................................... 577 11.5.1 Lateral Earth Pressure on Piles ............................................................................ 577 11.5.2 Analysis Using Stability Number Method ......................................................... 578 11.5.3 Design Methodology .............................................................................................580
11.6 Reinforcement of Slopes with Geotextiles and Geogrids ............................................ 581 11.6.1 Reinforcement with Geotextiles .......................................................................... 581 11.6.2 Geogrid-Reinforced Slope .................................................................................... 582 11.6.3 Illustration of Geotextile and Geogrid Reinforcement Effects Using
