简介：In-situvanesheartestisfrequentlyperformedtodetermineshearstrengthforslopestabilityanalysisinTianjinNewHarbor.However,thesoilshearstrengthvarieswiththeshearplaneorientation.Apossiblemeanstoreducetheeffectofdirectionaldependencyofshearstrengthistoconvertthein-situvaneshearstrengthintoundrainedshearstrengthparameters.Amethodofconvertingin-situvaneshearstrengthintoundrainedshearstrengthparametersispresented.Theshearstrengthparametersdeterminedforallofthein-situvaneshearstrengthsaresubjectedtostatisticalregressionanalysistotakeintoconsiderationthepossibleeffectofnon-homogeneityinthesoftclaydeposit.Usingtheregressedshearstrengthparameters,slopestabilityanalysesareperformedforfiveexistingsoilslopes.Theresultsofstabilityanalysesindicatethatthesafetyfactorsobtainedfromtheconvertedparametersreflectthestateoftheslopesanalyzedmuchbetterthanthoseobtainedfromin-situvaneshearstrengthandlaboratoryconsolidated-undrainedandunconsolidated-undrainedstrengthparameters.Itisconcludedthatthepresentedmethsodofdeterminingundrainedshearstrengthparametersforin-situvaneshearstrengthiseffective.