Progressive failure behavior of pile-reinforced clay slopes under surface load conditions

Stabilizing piles are widely used to improve stability level of slopes to avoid landslides. In this paper, the full failure process of clay slopes reinforced using stabilizing piles was produced using serialized centrifuge model tests under surface loading conditions. The strength of pile material and the pile location closer to the slope top were both indicated to have a positive influence on the limit bearing capacity of the reinforced slope on the basis of test observations. The displacement field over the reinforced slope was measured during loading and used to capture a significant progressive failure caused by the surface loading. Local failure started near the inner edge of the load plate and expanded in a downward direction to produce a final slip surface. The pile exhibited a bending failure coupled with the progressive failure of the slope. The failure mechanism could be illustrated with the deformation localization in the slope that developed prior to the slip surface. The surface load exhibited a significant spreading behavior within the slope according to the displacement distribution of the slope.     

Pile reinforcement mechanism of soil slopes

Stabilizing piles are widely used as an effective and economic reinforcement approach for slopes. Reasonable designs of pile reinforcement depend on the understanding of reinforcement mechanism of slopes. A series of centrifuge model tests were conducted on the pile-reinforced slopes and corresponding unreinforced slopes under self-weight and vertical loading conditions. The deformation of the slope was measured using image-based analysis and employed to investigate the pile reinforcement mechanism. The test results showed that the piles significantly reduced the deformation and changed the deformation distribution of the slope, and prevented the failure occurred in the unreinforced slope. The pile influence zone was determined according to the inflection points on the distribution curves of horizontal displacement, which comprehensively described the features of the pile–slope interaction and the characteristics of reinforced slopes. The concepts of anti-shear effect and compression effect were proposed to quantitatively describe the restriction features of the piles on the deformation of the slope, namely the reduction in the shear deformation and the increase in the compression deformation, respectively. The pile reinforcement effect mainly occurred in the pile influence zone and decreased with increasing distance from the piles. There was a dominated compression effect in the vicinities of the piles. The compression effect developed upwards in the slope with a transmission to the anti-shear effect. The anti-shear effect became significantly dominated near the slip surface and prevented the failure that occurred in the unreinforced slope.     

On the cyclic failure mechanism of soil slopes

Dynamic loads, such as earthquakes, triggered a large number of landslides with more complicated failure mechanism due to their significant rate effect and cyclic effect. Thus, the failure mechanism is essential for an accurate evaluation of the dynamic stability of slopes. A series of centrifuge model tests was conducted to investigate the progressive failure behavior of slopes under cyclic loading conditions with different amplitudes. The cyclic effect was quantitatively analyzed in view of the deformation and failure behavior of slopes and was discovered equivalently induced by different combinations of the amplitude and the number of loading cycles. For example, the slope failure was induced by a cyclic loading with an increasing amplitude as the number of loading cycles decreased, with an extreme case of the monotonic loading with a larger magnitude. The slope exhibited a significant progressive failure with a downward sequence from the top. The slip surface became shallower as the amplitude of the cyclic loading increased and was shallowest under the monotonic loading condition. Cyclic loading induced deformation localization and the localization developed to cause local failure in the slope. The local failure, together with the effect of cyclic loading, contributed to new deformation localization that determined the development of the slip surface. The amplitude of the cyclic loading affected the propagation of deformation localization in slopes, resulting in the observed variation of the slip surfaces under different loading patterns.     

Centrifuge model test study on pile reinforcement behavior of cohesive soil slopes under earthquake conditions

In this study, dynamic centrifuge model tests were conducted to investigate the dynamic response of cohesive soil slopes with the use of stabilizing piles during an earthquake. The behavior of the pile reinforcement was analyzed based on the obtained deformation over the entire slope through image-based measurement, and the behavior of the slope was compared to that of an unreinforced slope. The piles significantly increased the stability of the slope and reduced its deformation during an earthquake. The bending moment of the piles exhibited a nearly triangular distribution due to the earthquake. The acceleration response of the slope increased with increasing elevation, and the displacement accumulated apparently irreversibly over the course of the earthquake. The piles significantly affected the deformation of the slope in a certain area, the boundary of which was defined using a continuous surface. A strain analysis of the slope demonstrated that the piles had a significant effect on the reduction in the deformation of the slope in their vicinities, and this effect expanded upward along the slope and arrested the possible slip surface that would have occurred in an unreinforced slope. Several influencing factors were simulated in the tests, and observation of these factors demonstrated that the dynamic response of the pile-reinforced slope was affected by the pile spacing, pile location, slope gradient, and input earthquake to varying extent.     

水位下降条件下土钉加固土坡破坏特性研究

水位下降是导致滑坡的重要原因之一,而土钉是加固土坡的有效手段。进行离心模型试验,再现了水位下降时土钉加固土坡的变形和破坏过程,测量了土坡的位移变化。试验结果表明,水位下降条件下土钉加固土坡的破坏模式以绕钉破坏为主,滑裂面从坡顶逐渐向下发展至坡面;土钉加固土坡的破坏过程与变形局部化过程表现出显著的耦合变化;土钉加固机制主要表现为通过土钉与坡体的相互作用,减小土坡的变形和变形局部化程度,从而提高土坡的稳定性。增加土钉长度使得滑裂面向坡内部移动,显著减小土坡的变形及变形局部化程度,从而提高了土坡安全性。     

土钉加固黏性土坡加载的离心模型试验研究

进行了不同坡度土钉加固边坡坡顶加载的离心模型试验,观测了土坡的破坏过程并测量土坡的位移场,研究了土钉加固黏性土坡的承载力、变形和破坏规律以及坡角对其破坏规律的影响。试验结果表明,坡顶荷载的增加引起土坡变形的增加,变形的集中产生和发展导致滑裂面的形成并使土坡发生破坏。土钉变形规律受加载阶段和加载底板的综合影响,坡顶荷载越大,接近坡顶的土钉弯曲挠度越大,钉土间的相互作用越强。土坡的坡角越大,承载力越低,土体呈现出更显著的向坡面位移的趋势。     

单排与三排微型抗滑桩大型模型试验研究

为了得到土质边坡中微型抗滑桩的破坏机制及边坡的破坏模式,通过3组大型物理模型试验对单排与三排微型抗滑桩加固黏性土边坡进行了研究。在加载过程中进行了位移和桩体应变的测量,最后进行开挖观察桩体破坏形态。试验结果表明,三排微型桩具有良好的抗滑效果,其承载力较单排桩提高了51.5%,且允许滑体产生较大位移,有效延缓坡体垮塌,适用于应急抢修工程。边坡会在加桩位置向前产生弧形次生滑面,并与预设滑面贯通;对于三排桩,第3排桩前出现桩土脱空区,坡面产生纵向劈裂缝。桩体变形呈S形,发生弯曲变形引起张拉与压剪破坏,而不是岩质边坡中滑面处的受剪断裂破坏。桩身所受最大弯矩分布于滑面以上,对于三排桩,第1排所受弯矩最大,第3排其次,第2排最小。其研究结果对了解微型桩的抗滑和破坏机制具有参考意义。     

上硬下软反倾边坡开挖变形响应的物理模拟

现有上硬下软边坡的研究大都集中在压缩挤出变形的近水平泥岩、页岩基座型边坡变形演化过程,针对倾倒变形的板岩基座型边坡开挖响应研究甚少,本文以西藏玉曲河某水电站厂址边坡为研究对象,根据现场地质调查建立符合坡体实际情况的地质结构模型,采用物理试验的方法模拟原型边坡开挖。通过试验揭示上硬下软反倾边坡在开挖条件下的变形响应特征及破坏模式。研究结果表明:（1）开挖条件下上硬下软型边坡变形破坏过程分为a）下部软岩倾倒弯曲加剧;b）软岩倾倒折断,上部卸荷硬岩沿已有裂隙剪切;c）倾倒软岩滑移,卸荷硬岩剪断岩性分界部位,折断面贯通3个阶段。其变形破坏模式为下部软岩倾倒—上部硬岩剪断组合滑移型破坏;（2）开挖强倾倒区岩体会使下部软岩迅速失稳并促使上部硬岩剪切破坏;开挖引起的反倾上硬下软边坡大变形在短时间内完成,前期变形和能量积累是一个较长的过程;（3）开挖时需避免对坡脚倾倒岩体“大开挖”施工。     

反倾层状岩质边坡悬臂梁极限平衡模型研究

基于悬臂梁理论和运用极限平衡法研究反倾层状岩质边坡变形破坏是一种既注重变形过程又注重力学分析的可行方法。在国内外研究现状基础上,研究悬臂梁极限平衡分析模型。首先通过野外现象的观测,提出能对反倾层状边坡变形几何空间条件进行分区的“基准面”的概念,再利用“基准面”分析岩层分区破坏模式的力学机制,认为破坏面的形成机制是弯曲拉裂和压缩剪切的共同作用结果,对悬臂梁极限平衡分析模型中的各参数确定给出假设或理论分析,建立了计算模型。以重庆市巫溪县中梁水库硝洞槽-郑家大沟库段反倾岸坡为例,在边坡变形破坏模式识别基础上,应用悬臂梁极限平衡模型理论分析实例,验证该模型的合理性,同时也给出反倾层状边坡悬臂梁极限平衡模型计算步骤,用数值模拟方法验证该分析模型的正确性。模型计算结果表明,破坏区大体分为滑移区、倾倒区和倾倒变形影响区,破坏区大小由坡角、岩层倾角、坡高共同决定,当三者关系（见式（13））大于0时,才存在破坏区,才有可能发生变形破坏。研究成果对反倾层状岩质边坡稳定性评价与防治具有理论指导意义和应用价值。     

Investigation of rainfall-induced failure processes and characteristics of cataclinal and anaclinal slopes using physical models

In this study, two types of small-scale physical modeling tests have considered the impact of the infiltration of rainfall and groundwater level in order to investigate the processes involved in rock slope deformation and failure. The study conducted the physical tests under controlled conditions of groundwater level with rock block shape for two rock slope types (cataclinal and anaclinal slopes). Observations obtained during each stage of deformation and failure were used to explain how gravity deformation varies with groundwater conditions on cataclinal and anaclinal slopes, and infer how rainfall and groundwater influence slope failure. Our results indicate that groundwater level is a crucial factor in the deformation failure of slopes. The failure mechanisms of cataclinal slopes differ considerably from those of anaclinal slopes. The infiltration of surface water and groundwater can have a significant influence on rock layer deformation and the speed of failure. Different shapes of rock block have two toppling types of rock slope, the spherical rock model relatively close to flexural toppling type and the triangular rock model relatively similar to block flexural toppling type, respectively. Details of the failure characteristics of cataclinal and anaclinal slope models are discussed in this paper.     

Identification of deformation and failure characteristics in cataclinal slopes using physical modeling

This study investigates the deformation characteristics of cataclinal slopes in central Taiwan prior to landslide failure. Field surveys and physical model tests were performed to explain the gravitational deformation characteristics of cataclinal slopes under various conditions and to derive the deformation process and failure characteristics. The results show that the distribution of erosion gullies (different length of the slope mass), the extent of erosion (different thickness of the slope mass), the foliation dip angle, and the geological material critically affect the deformation of cataclinal slope masses in the study area. The results of physical model tests indicate that increasing the foliation dip angle, the thickness and the length of sliding mass, particle size (spacing between foliations) increases the depth of slope deformation. Foliation dip angle is the most critical factor that controls the deformation of slate slopes. When the cataclinal slopes reached maximum deformation, a shear failure and translational slide occurred within a short period. The deformation zone exhibited significant cracking at the scarp and the bulging of the slope toe, which facilitated the infiltration of surface water and groundwater, accelerating the deformation to failure.     

基于地应力边界条件的复杂边坡抗滑桩支护设计研究

复杂边坡稳定性问题一直是岩土工程界重点研究的问题之一,提高复杂边坡安全系数的方法有很多,其中采用抗滑桩支护是常用手段之一。以安徽省某高速公路复杂边坡为研究对象,采用套孔应力解除法对该边坡岩土体进行了地应力测试,以测试结果作为有限元分析的边界条件,分别对该边坡加固前和采用抗滑桩加固后两种工况进行数值分析,得到有代表性的有限元分析结果;并对有限元的计算出位移结果和实测位移进行了对比。分析表明,未采用抗滑桩支护的边坡,会产生局部应力过分集中、整体变形和水平向位移较大、塑性区贯通等不利于边坡稳定的危险状况。采用了抗滑桩支护后,贯通的塑性区消失,边坡变形和位移减少,应力分布趋于均匀,安全系数大幅度提高。有限元计算出的位移结果和实测位移十分接近,匹合度较好,从而说明了有限元分析手段的可靠性。     

Stability analysis of laterally confined slope lying on inclined bedding plane

A stability analysis of a laterally confined slope model, lying on an inclined bedding plane, was presented to evaluate the lateral shear resistance by considering the loading paths and failure envelopes. Two slope models were prepared on a bedding plane by compaction, one with and one without lateral confinement. The compacted models are related to the geological conditions at shallow depths where brittle deformation can occur and an excavation can induce horizontal field stress that significantly influences the stability of the slope. Three distinct loading paths, controlled by either tilting the angles or increasing the surcharge loads, were applied to achieve the failure of the slope models. Rankine’s passive earth pressure due to compaction was reduced by the shear strength reduction ratio. The shear strength reduction ratio was estimated through the least-squares fitting method based on the results of model tests at failure when the loading paths intersected the failure envelope. Provided that the effect of lateral confinement in a rock mass can be described by the shear strength reduction ratio, the proposed equations will be beneficial for slope stability analyses of laterally confined slopes on bedding planes. A case study of an undercut pit wall in an open-pit mine was demonstrated by showing that the unknown shear strength reduction ratio can be back-analyzed from the rainfall-induced landslide case. Therefore, the design of other undercut slopes with different geometries and groundwater conditions in the rock mass, which have undergone the same geological process as the back-analyzed case, is possible.

     

Block reinforcement behavior and mechanism of soil slopes

In recent years, blocks created by pressure grouting of cement into soil were used to reinforce slopes by targeting specific weak areas. A clear understanding of the block reinforcement mechanism is essential for the accurate evaluation of the stability of block-reinforced slopes and reasonable design of block layouts. A series of centrifuge model tests was conducted to investigate the bearing capacity and the full deformation and failure behavior of block-reinforced slopes, with a focus on the influence of block layouts on the reinforcement effect. A block reinforcement with a reasonable layout was confirmed to increase the stiffness and the ultimate bearing capacity of the slope. The block reinforcement significantly changed the failure mode to the complex disturbance and destruction from slippage failure in an unreinforced slope. The block reinforcement restrained the deformation localization around the blocks and thus prevented the development of the coupling effect between the deformation localization process and the failure process in an unreinforced slope during loading. Such a reinforcement mechanism could be used to explain why the block reinforcement increased the bearing capacity and changed the failure mode of the slope. The blocks exhibited significant motion along with the development of deformation localization in the slope during loading. The block reinforcement effect was significantly affected by the rotation of blocks, which was determined by the block layout.     

软岩陡坡椅式桩支挡结构受力变形模型试验研究

对软岩陡坡椅式桩（CSP）支挡结构,通过大比例模型试验研究路基面分级荷载作用下其内力变形规律、结构-岩土体相互作用,根据试验条件和结构受力状态,提出了其设计计算方法。结果表明,椅式桩的空间结构特性可有效控制结构变形和减小桩身内力;主副桩桩身弯矩大小接近,最大弯矩位于坡面处,桩侧岩石压力主要跟桩基变形与岩石变形模量有关;椅式桩一般不会出现结构倾倒破坏,软岩边坡则以浅层破坏为主;基于弹性地基梁的分析解,可较好地描述椅式桩的内力变化及其分布规律。研究结果对正确分析椅式桩支挡结构的抗滑机制和设计计算具有较好的参考价值。     

黄土高填方坡体加载过程变形-力学响应特征研究

大型工程项目在我国黄土丘陵地区的开展日益增多,为了在有限的空间得到足够的可利用面积,通常需要挖山填沟造地形成了大量高度超过40m的高填方边坡。高填方边坡地质条件复杂,填料物理力学性质差异大,施工困难。高填方边坡的变形与稳定问题突出。高填方边坡工程已成为黄土地区最具危险性的人类工程活动之一,其严重影响黄土地区的经济建设和城市化进程。本文以国内某高填方边坡为研究对象,结合野外调查和勘察资料,结合研究区的地质概况建立高填方边坡加载过程的概化模型;通过研究区高填方边坡回填加载支挡结构变形与监测分析;借助数值分析高填方坡体加载过程力学-变形响应特征,对研究黄土高填方边坡抗滑桩、桩间板支挡结构变形和锚索的受力分析具有重要的理论和工程实践意义。     

峨边县新声后山不稳定斜坡稳定性分析和治理工程设计

峨边县新声后山地质灾害点由X1和X2两个不稳定斜坡组成,威胁新声村170户1118人。X1不稳定斜坡滑体、滑床均为崩坡积含块碎石粉质粘土,规模为中型,变形表现为间断性蠕滑,天然工况下为稳定~基本不稳定状态,暴雨等极端工况下为基本基本稳定~不稳定状态。X2不稳定斜坡潜在滑面为基覆界面,规模为中型,变形轻微,以地表房屋开裂为主,天然工况下为稳定状态,暴雨等极端工况下为基本稳定状态。为消除地质灾害隐患,通过勘查手段、工程地质条件、变形特征、变形历史等分析其变形原因及发育特征,通过传递系数法进行了稳定性定量计算,并将计算结果与现场宏观判断进行比较验证。综合分析计算结果与现场施工条件,确定了抗滑桩、挡土墙和接排水沟等措施相结合的综合治理方案。     

Strength reduction analysis for slope reinforced with one row of piles

In this paper, slope reinforced with one row of piles is considered. The critical slip surface is found to be divided into two parts when the pile spacing is small, and these two parts gradually get connected with the increase of pile spacing until a clear critical slip surface is formed. The critical slip surface of the piled slope is found to be usually shallower than the corresponding slope without pile, and this result is totally different from the previous results based on the maximum point of shear force where a very deep critical slip surface is obtained. The optimal pile position for slope reinforced with one row of piles is found to be located between the middle of the slope and the middle of the critical slip surface. An optimal design procedure for the pile spacing has also been suggested in the present paper, and the procedure will help to reduce the time required for a piled slope three-dimensional analysis.     

基于最小势能法的三维临界滑裂面搜索方法

为了得到三维边坡的临界滑裂面,提出了6个参数控制的三维滑裂面构造方法,基于边坡三维最小势能稳定性分析方法建立目标函数,采用遗传算法实现了临界滑裂面的搜索,并开发了相应的搜索程序。为检验文中搜索方法的合理性,将其与其他方法得到的临界滑裂面以及最小安全系数进行比较,并且将室内模型试验得到的临界滑面与理论搜索的结果进行对比。研究表明：搜索方法可实现稳步收敛;针对算例进行多变量同时变化的搜索验算,得到了与极限平衡法较为接近的结果,表明提出的搜索方法是合理的;理论计算结果与室内模型试验坡面加载得到的边坡临界滑面较为接近,再次验证三维边坡临界滑面搜索方法是可行的。     

物质点强度折减法及其在边坡中的应用

物质点法适用于模拟连续介质大变形,如边坡失稳全过程。在物质点法中应用强度折减法,用于边坡稳定性评价。与极限平衡法相比,二者安全系数计算值、滑动面位置结果基本一致;与有限元强度折减法相比,物质点法失稳评价标准的物理意义明确。利用物质点法大变形计算优势,评价边坡失稳后的破坏后果,通过算例说明其评价不同安全系数下的滑坡堆积形态及滑移距离的能力,尤其是评价滑坡对临近建筑物的影响程度的能力。物质点强度折减法可用于边坡稳定性评价及边坡破坏后果评价。