Limit-Equilibrium Analysis on Stability of a Reinforced Slope with a Grid Beam Anchored by Cables
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 17, Issue 9
Abstract
In the stability analyses of a reinforced slope with a grid beam anchored by cables, the anchoring force of the cable is usually simplified as the concentrated force acting on the slip surface to calculate the reinforcement effect. The anchoring force actually acts on the slope surface as stress because of the effect of the grid beam. Therefore, this work proposes two new calculation modes of anchoring force: stresses with rectangular and curved distribution acting on the slope surface. In addition, the analysis considered the presence of a cavity, which results in a void underneath the grid beam near the slope surface. Then, two types of slip surfaces and the Morgenstern-Price method were adopted to study slope stability. Thus, the following conclusions were obtained: (1) three calculation modes have nearly similar solutions with less than 5% difference; (2) the arbitrary curved slip surface is suggested to be used as the critical slip surface that shows a noncircular shape; and (3) the void causes anchorage cable failure, which reduces slope stability significantly.
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Acknowledgments
This project was funded by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant 2015M580702), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 51608541), and the Guizhou Provincial Department of Transportation, China (Grant 2014122006).
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International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 17 • Issue 9 • September 2017
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Received: Jan 27, 2016
Accepted: Mar 15, 2017
Published online: May 26, 2017
Published in print: Sep 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Oct 26, 2017
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