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The slip circle having the minimum factor of safety is called ___________

(a) Critical circle

(b) Failure slip circle

(c) Critical slip circle

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was asked by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

My question is from The Swedish Slip Circle Method in portion Stability of Slopes of Geotechnical Engineering II

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Correct option is (c) Critical slip circle

The best I can explain: A number of trial critical slip circle are chosen against sliding and factor of safety of each is computed. The circle having the minimum factor of safety is the critical slip circle.

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