R Doostmohammadi - Mining Engineering Department, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran

The presence of unstable slopes in dam reservoirs is a major concern for the designers of dams for hydroelectric and irrigation projects. Some failures (such as Vajont failure in ١٩٦٣) have necessitated a study for predicting the slope stability in recent years. Over the last few years, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been used successfully for modeling almost all aspects of geotechnical engineering problems. The current paper illustrates the application of back propagation artificial neural network for predicting the slope stability. The emphasis is given to the prediction and estimation of the safety factor and slope stability.

Slope stability; Artificial Neural Network; Back propagation