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A vector sum method for stability analysis unsaturated soil slope subjected to transient seepage

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  • 1. Institute of Geotechnical Engineering,Xi'an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China; 2. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China

Received date: 2015-09-15

  Online published: 2018-06-09

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This work was supported by the Key Laboratory for Science and Technology Co-ordination & Innovation Projects of Shaanxi Province (2014SZS15-Z01), the Special Funds for Public Industry Research Projects of the Ministry of Water Resources(201501034-04) and the Science and Technology Projects of the Transportation Department of Yunnan Province(2014(A)01).

Abstract

It has significant theoretical and practical meaning to propose a method of unsaturated soil slope stability analysis accounting for seepage, deformation and stability simultaneously. Firstly, coupled analysis of transient unsaturated seepage-stress is achieved using the double-stress variables theory of Fredlund. Comparative analysis with pore pressure field is done by the traditional uncoupled method. Variation process of phreatic lines are close to each other, and the maximum relative error of pore pressure is 8.8% at the bottom of embankment; thus the reliability of coupled analysis results are verified. Secondly, it is possible to consider the matric suction term as a part of the cohesion of the soil, and the spatial distribution law of strength parameters of the slope is obtained. Analyzing program of vector sum method of unsaturated soil slope stability analysis subjected to transient seepage based on Matlab has been developed. Finally, taking the influence of drawdown of reservoir water level on slopes stability of embankment for example, comparative analysis between traditional method and proposed method indicates that potential slip surfaces are similar and the difference of safety factors are less than 0.096; thus the rationality of the method proposed in this paper is verified.

Cite this article

XUE Hai-bin, DANG Fa-ning, YIN Xiao-tao, DING Wei-hua, LIU Hai-wei, . A vector sum method for stability analysis unsaturated soil slope subjected to transient seepage[J]. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2016 , 37(S1) : 49 -56 . DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2016.S1.006

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