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TXT-tool 3.001-1.4: Using Excel Tools for Slope Stability Analysis

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Each year landslides around the world are responsible for the loss of hundreds of lives, damage to infrastructure, billions of dollars in economic loss and have an impact on the environment. An understanding of the stability of slopes is crucial to reduce the impact of landslides and there are several available methods and computer programs to do so. However, the development of simple spreadsheets to evaluate the stability of slopes can be beneficial in reducing the cost of purchasing commercially available programs and the learning component associated with these programs. This teaching tools outlines the procedures to develop Excel Spreadsheets for four commonly used slope stability analysis methods. Specifically, step-by-step procedures to determine the factor of safety using the Ordinary Method of Slices, Bishop’s Simplified Method, Simplified Janbu Method and the Lowe and Karafiath Method are provided.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., E-318, Fullerton, CA, 92831, USA

    Beena Ajmera

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd., E-419, Fullerton, CA, 92831, USA

    Binod Tiwari

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  1. International Consortium on Landslides, Kyoto, Japan

    Kyoji Sassa

  2. Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA

    Binod Tiwari

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ko-Fei Liu

  4. GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    Mauri McSaveney

  5. Geodynamics Research Center—branch of JSC “Hydroproject Institute”, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander Strom

  6. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

    Hendy Setiawan

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Ajmera, B., Tiwari, B. (2018). TXT-tool 3.001-1.4: Using Excel Tools for Slope Stability Analysis. In: Sassa, K., Tiwari, B., Liu, KF., McSaveney, M., Strom, A., Setiawan, H. (eds) Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57777-7_23

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