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http://dx.doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2013.29.1.135

A Study on Soil Slope Stability Design Considering Seepage Analysis  

Kim, You-Seong (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Jae-Hong (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Lee, Jin-Kwang (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Seong-Soo (Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society / v.29, no.1, 2013 , pp. 135-147 More about this Journal
Abstract
Most of slope failures are triggered by heavy rainfall during rainy season. If the rain keeps on for the season, the water content of the ground increases and its matric suction decrease, and then the safety factor of soil slope gets lower. The change of water table level for soil slope stability dose not describe the behavior of the soil slope in real situation, hence it may be necessary to modify the design standard for slope stability in association with rain infiltration. For correct design, economical construction, and maintenance of a soil slope, unsaturated flow analysis is needed for estimation of slope instability regarding water infiltration and soil behavior on unsaturated soil slopes. The entire soil slope cannot be saturated by prolonged rainfall and wetting band depth (saturated zone) just deepens from slope surface, hence the cause of the shallow surface slide is the wetting band depth depending on rainfall duration and intensity. Therefore, the paper presents the differences between theoretical equation and numerical analysis for wetting band depth on soil surface and its safety factor, and compares the slope stability obtained from unsaturated flow analysis with that obtained from conventional slope stability analysis.
Keywords
Soil slope stability; Rain infiltration; Reinforced soil slope; Partially saturated soil; Wetting band depth;
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