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[email protected] Web: http://www.geo-slope.com SLOPE/W Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 1 2 Limit Equilibrium Fundamentals .......................................................... 5 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 Background and history ...................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Method basics ..................................................................................................................... 6 2.4 General limit equilibrium formulation