Please answer 15.21 15.21 Determine the minimum factor of safety of a slope with the following parameters:H = 14 m, B = 26.56°, y = 19 kN/m’, d' = 25°, c' = 20 kN/m², and r, = 0.5.Use Bishop and Morgenstern's method.

Height(H)=14 m, Unit weight(γ)=19 kN/m3, The angle of internal frictionϕ'=25°, Cohesion(C)=20 kN/m2,…

15.21 Determine the minimum factor of safety of a slope with the following parameters H = 14 m, ß = 26.56°, y = 19 kN/m², o' = 25°, c' = 20 kN/m², and r, Use Bishop and Morgenstern's method. = 0.5.

15.21 Determine the minimum factor of safety of a slope with the following parameters H = 14 m, ß = 26.56°, y = 19 kN/m², o' = 25°, c' = 20 kN/m², and r, Use Bishop and Morgenstern's method. = 0.5.

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15.21 Determine the minimum factor of safety of a slope with the following parameters:
H = 14 m, B = 26.56°, y = 19 kN/m’, d' = 25°, c' = 20 kN/m², and r, = 0.5.
Use Bishop and Morgenstern's method.

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