KINEMATICAL ELEMENT METHOD AND SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS
运动单元法与边坡稳定性分析

The kinem atics elem ent m ethod is introduced to evaluate com plicated problem s in geo-engineer- ing, such as analyzing slope stability, ultim ate bearing capacity of foundations and active or passive earth pressure. With this m ethod, the criticalsurface ofrock and soilengineering is searched gradually w ith opti- m ization approach, then ultim ate value can becalculated on the obtained criticalsurface. Based on the princi- ple ofkinem aticalelem entm ethod, the com plem ented forces acted atthe flexible boundaries and the calcula- tion ofthe factorofsafety ofslope are discussed firstly, then the stability ofa slope isanalyzed w ith the pro- gram ofkinem aticalelem ent analysis system .