Dry cohesionless slope — simplest formula
Infinite Slope
Computes the factor of safety against shallow planar failure on long uniform slopes using the infinite slope equation with Mohr-Coulomb shear strength. Accounts for pore water pressure from a water table parallel to the slope surface, balancing the driving shear stress (gamma*z*sin(beta)*cos(beta)) against the resisting cohesion and frictional strength along the failure plane.
6 fields
8 archetypes
with-tool
4 scored fields
contract fields
Parameter Map
6 inputs to 4 scored outputs
slope_angle_deg
floatSlope angle beta
5 to 45degreesfriction_angle_deg
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardEffective friction angle phi'
0 to 45degreescohesion_kpa
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardEffective cohesion c'
0 to 150kPaunit_weight_kn_m3
floatfrom archetypehidden in hardSoil unit weight gamma
14 to 23kN/m³failure_depth_m
floatDepth to failure surface z
0.5 to 10mwater_table_depth_m
floatoptionalDepth to water table from ground surface
0 to 100m
Pore water pressure at failure surface u (kPa)
Driving shear stress (kPa)
Resisting shear stress (kPa)
Factor of safety FoS
visibility contract
Difficulty Ladder
Dry slope with cohesion — adds c' term
Water table present, soil parameters hidden
scenario bands
Archetype Atlas
soft_nc_clay
2 contextsSoft normally consolidated clay
brisbane-alluvial / darwin-estuarine
firm_clay
2 contextsFirm clay
brisbane-alluvial / melbourne-basalt
stiff_oc_clay
3 contextsStiff overconsolidated clay
sydney-hawkesbury / adelaide-stiff / melbourne-basalt
loose_sand
1 contextsLoose sand
hunter-valley-alluvial
medium_dense_sand
2 contextsMedium dense sand
perth-coastal / hunter-valley-alluvial
dense_sand
2 contextsDense sand
perth-coastal / cairns-coral
silty_sand
1 contextsSilty sand
hunter-valley-alluvial
residual_weathered_rock
1 contextsResidual/weathered rock
sydney-hawkesbury
rendered task
Generation Preview
brisbane-alluvial-soft-nc-clay-preview
- difficulty
- hard
- visibility
- partial
- archetype
- soft_nc_clay
- site context
- brisbane-alluvial
visible fields
- slope_angle_deg5 to 45 degrees
- failure_depth_m0.5 to 10 m
- water_table_depth_m0 to 100 m
withheld schema
Soft normally consolidated clay. brisbane-alluvial. Required outputs: pore_pressure_kpa, driving_stress_kpa, resisting_stress_kpa, factor_of_safety