Research on Reservoir Landslide Thrust Based on Improved Morgenstern-Price Method

APPENDIX
Those important symbols used in this paper are listed alphabetically as follows.
b_i width if slice (m);
c_i cohesion (kPa);
E_i interslice force (kN/m);
f_i a predefined function;
F_s stability coefficient;
h_i center height of slice (m);
k_c influence coefficient of the earthquake;
l_i length of sliding surface (m);
M_i the moment of interslice force on the center of the bottom of a slice (kN/m);
M_PWi the moment of lateral water pressure on the center of the bottom of a slice (kN/m);
M_Qi the moment of external load on the center of the bottom of a slice (kN/m);
M_Ui the moment of buoyancy force on the center of the bottom of a slice (kN/m);
Pw_i lateral water pressure (kN);
Q_i external load (kN);
R_i resistance (kN);
T_i sliding force (kN);
U_i buoyancy force (kN);
W_i weight of slice (kN);
z_i the vertical height between interslice force and the bottom of a slice (m);
α_i the angle between the sliding surface and the horizontal direction (°);
β_i the angle between the water level line and the horizontal direction (°);
γ_i the angle between the slope surface and the horizontal direction (°);
θ_i the angle between the external load and the vertical direction (°);
λ a constant arbitrarily chosen;
φ_i friction angle (°);
Φ_i transfer coefficient;
Ψ_i transfer coefficient.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.