engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Stability of Slopes
A slope is to be constructed at an angle of 30° to the horizontal from a soil having the properties, c = 15 kN/m2, γ = 19 kN/m3. Taylor's stability number is 0.046. If a factor of safety (with respect to cohesion) of 1.5 is required, then the safe height of the slope will be
1
25.7 m
2
17.2 m
3
12.8 m
4
11.4 m