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SOUTH.OPT <br />NOTE - Intensity is specified as a uniformly distributed <br />force acting on a HORIZONTALLY projected surface. <br />A critical failure surface searching method, using a random <br />technique for generating CIRCULAR surfaces has been specified. <br />1000 trial surfaces will be generated and analyzed. <br />10 Surfaces initiate from each of 100 points equally spaced <br />along the ground surface between x = 95.0 ft <br />and x = 105.0 ft <br />Each surface terminates between x = 227.0 ft <br />and x = 251.0 ft <br />unless further limitations were imposed, the minimum elevation <br />at which a surface extends is y = 50.0 ft <br />* * * * * DEFAULT SEGMENT LENGTH SELECTED BY XSTABL * * * * * <br />3.0 ft line segments define each trial failure surface. <br />ANGULAR RESTRICTIONS : <br />The first segment of each failure surface will be inclined <br />within the angular range defined by : <br />Lower angular limit -45.0 degrees <br />upper angular limit -1.0 degrees <br />Factors of safety have been calculated by the <br />* * * * * SIMPLIFIED BISHOP METHOD * * * <br />The most critical circular failure surface <br />is specified by 46 coordinate points <br />Point <br />x -surf <br />y -surf <br />No. <br />(ft) <br />(ft) <br />1 <br />102.68 <br />100.89 <br />2 <br />105.56 <br />100.06 <br />3 <br />108.46 <br />99.29 <br />4 <br />111.38 <br />98.59 <br />5 <br />114.31 <br />97.96 <br />6 <br />117.26 <br />97.40 <br />Page 3 <br />