Question: Consider a slope shown in Figure 1 . Triaxial tests have been conducted for Soils A and ( B ) with varying initial

Consider a slope shown in Figure 1. Triaxial tests have been conducted for Soils A and \( B \) with varying initial cell pressures. The results of the triaxial tests are presented in Table 1. Tests 1 and 2 are for Soil A while Tests 3 and 4 are for Soils B.
Figure 1 Geometry of a slope and triaxial test
Table 1 Triaxial test results
4. Draw the stress element with the maximum shear stress for Test 1[20\%].
5. In an investigation of the slope, a trial slip surface (i.e. the red curve in Figure 1) is chosen in the form of a circular arc with a radius of 23.6 m . The bulk unit weight of Soil \( A \) and \( B \) is \(17.0\mathrm{KN}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\) and \(17.8\mathrm{KN}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\), respectively. Calculate the Factor of Safety using the limit equilibrium method based on given slices [40\%].

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