The surcharge is always considered in the analysis with respect to one running meter. The components that do not act in the direction of weight are assumed in equations of equilibrium written for a given block as weightless thus neither contributes to inertia effects of the earthquake nor position of block centroid. The material surcharge component also influences the position of block centroid. It means that if the earthquake effects are included this component is also multiplied by the factor of horizontal acceleration or vertical earthquake. Since it is usually assumed that the surcharge is caused by the weight of objects found on the slope body, the vertical component of surcharge having the direction of weight (material component) is added to the weight of blocks. The surcharge can be introduced either as a concentrated force or distributed load acting either on the ground surface or inside the soil body. The slope stability analysis takes into account even the surcharge caused by neighboring structures.
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