Innovative Method for the Integral Sliding Stability Analysis of Filling Media in Karst Caves and Its Applications in Engineering
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Instability of filling media in large-scale filled-type karst caves often induce mud inrush in tunnel construction. An innovative method is proposed for the integral sliding stability analysis of the filling media on the basis of the simplified Bishop method. A computational model and six assumptions were put forward to interpret the complex system of the tunnel, karst cave, and filled media. In addition, the stability coefficients of the filling media were obtained by solving equilibrium equations of force and moment. The method can be used for analyzing the influence of the hydraulic effect, shear strength parameters, and boundary constraints on the global stability of filling media in practical cases. The results agree well with numerical simulations. In addition, the assumption that the weakened contact interface was taken to be the critical failure surface was proven reasonable by the numerical simulations. The findings indicate that the analytical method is efficient and suitable for theoretical and engineering studies on integral sliding stability analysis of the filling media in karst caves.
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Acknowledgments
The authors appreciate the support of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program 2013CB036000), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 51479106 and 51509147), Promotive Research Fund for Excellent Young and Middle-Aged Scientists of Shandong Province (Grant BS2014NJ004), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.
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International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 17 • Issue 12 • December 2017
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Received: Jul 7, 2016
Accepted: Apr 26, 2017
Published online: Sep 28, 2017
Published in print: Dec 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Feb 28, 2018
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