Slope stability: failure definition and factor of safety

Slope stability concepts associated with slip (landslide) failure analyses. Definition of the factor of safety of a wedge that rests on a curved potential failure surface.

[vm]

Thanks for the video. A few things:
1. "landslide" is a specific term which refers to a large (in area) mass of material sliding down a slope, usually along a fairly shallow failure plane e.g. interface between surficial soils and a competent subgrade. It is very unusual to refer to the slope stability scenario you sketched as a landslide - it's just a slope failure.

2. It's always worth stating that "failure" means different things to different slopes depending on the function and required performance of the earth structure. The failure plane with the lowest FoS may be termed "critical" in a narrow sense, but this doesn't mean that it will result in failure of the system. E.g. often the FoS_crit is too shallow to matter, or too far away from the important part of the slope.

[josephfell]

Is it possible for you to do a video showing such analysis techniques as rotational, method of slices, Swedish, bishops etc?

[douglasmanyadza]

Hoping to find finite element analysis explanation also

[jaybeeshaikh]

I need your help in a problem of same kind. Can u plz help?

[faustinoarribalzaga]

Como se traduce el término Slope Failure en castellano?