Effects of nonlinear failure criterion on the three-dimensional stability analysis of uniform slopes

被引:38
作者
Gao, Yufeng [1 ]
Wu, Di [1 ]
Zhang, Fei [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Hohai Univ, Key Lab, Minist Educ Geomech & Embankment Engn, Nanjing 210098, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Minist Water Resources, Key Lab Failure Mech & Safety Control Tech Earth, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Slope stability; Linear/nonlinear failure criterion; Three-dimensional; Limit analysis; Critical height; Upper bound; FINITE-ELEMENT-ANALYSIS; LIMIT ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; CHARTS; ENVELOPE; SAFETY; CLAY;
D O I
10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.09.010
中图分类号
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要
This paper presents a kinematic approach of limit analysis to evaluate the effects of nonlinear failure criterion the three-dimensional (3D) stability analysis of uniform slopes. For slopes in various clays, the upper bounds the critical heights associated with the linear and nonlinear failure criteria are obtained and comparisons of the linear and nonlinear results are made to investigate their differences. The differences between the linear and linear solutions change with varying slope inclination, resulting in two critical values on the slope angle. In the intermediate range of slope inclinations, the critical heights associated with the linear failure criterion are smaller than the nonlinear results, and the underestimation by using the linear failure criterion cannot neglected. For other cases, the analyses based on the linear failure criterion will overestimate the stability of actual slopes obeying the nonlinear failure criterion. Meanwhile, the 3D effects have insignificant influences on the two critical slope inclination angles. However, the sensitivity of the critical heights to the nonlinearity of soil strength envelope appears to be more pronounced for slopes with a smaller width. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:87 / 93
页数:7
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