Research Article

Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts

Volume: 15 Number: 1 July 1, 2025
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Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts

Abstract

The stability problems observed in the cut section during the highway construction works in Aktaş Village of Siirt Province (eastern Turkey) were analysed by the limit equilibrium and finite element methods, and factor of safety and collapse surfaces were determined. This section is of critical importance since similar high cut sections are frewuently encountered in the study area. In the light of field investigations, laboratory and literature shear strength parameters for analyses were obtained. In stability problems, it is difficult to determine the location and shape of the sliding surface. On the model reflecting the current situation, collapse surfaces were detected and calculations for safety analysis were made by using Plaxis V24 2D, which is based on the finite element method, and Slide2, which is based on the limit equilibrium method. Although the two methods seem compatible in terms of factor of safety, factor of safety obtained with the finite element method are lower. In addition, it has been determined that the finite element method gives more positive and reliable results in terms of determining the locations of failure zones in the soil and obtaining stress deformation curves.

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Project Number

MÜHENDİSLİK.23.010

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Materials Engineering (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

July 1, 2025

Publication Date

July 1, 2025

Submission Date

May 16, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 1, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 15 Number: 1

APA
Nasıroğlu, S., & Akyıldız, M. H. (2025). Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts. European Journal of Technique (EJT), 15(1), 109-115. https://doi.org/10.36222/ejt.1700831
AMA
1.Nasıroğlu S, Akyıldız MH. Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts. EJT. 2025;15(1):109-115. doi:10.36222/ejt.1700831
Chicago
Nasıroğlu, Sema, and Mehmet Hayrullah Akyıldız. 2025. “Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts”. European Journal of Technique (EJT) 15 (1): 109-15. https://doi.org/10.36222/ejt.1700831.
EndNote
Nasıroğlu S, Akyıldız MH (July 1, 2025) Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts. European Journal of Technique (EJT) 15 1 109–115.
IEEE
[1]S. Nasıroğlu and M. H. Akyıldız, “Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts”, EJT, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 109–115, July 2025, doi: 10.36222/ejt.1700831.
ISNAD
Nasıroğlu, Sema - Akyıldız, Mehmet Hayrullah. “Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts”. European Journal of Technique (EJT) 15/1 (July 1, 2025): 109-115. https://doi.org/10.36222/ejt.1700831.
JAMA
1.Nasıroğlu S, Akyıldız MH. Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts. EJT. 2025;15:109–115.
MLA
Nasıroğlu, Sema, and Mehmet Hayrullah Akyıldız. “Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts”. European Journal of Technique (EJT), vol. 15, no. 1, July 2025, pp. 109-15, doi:10.36222/ejt.1700831.
Vancouver
1.Sema Nasıroğlu, Mehmet Hayrullah Akyıldız. Slope Stability Analysis in Road Cuts. EJT. 2025 Jul. 1;15(1):109-15. doi:10.36222/ejt.1700831

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