A Linear and Failure Criteria Independent Slope Stability Method

<div> In this paper a general and rigorous slope stability method is described and compared to the General Limit Equilibrium (GLE) and other methods. The new method is unlike most slope stability methods and it presents some interesting qualities like, for example, linearity. Most importantly, it is independent of the failure criteria of the material. The results of the comparisons made for several slope cases show that the difference of the safety factor from the new method is, on average, only 4% when compared to other general and rigorous methods. </div>