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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/gae.2017.13.4.653

Investigation of the effect of surcharge on behavior of soil slopes  

Aminpour, Mohammad Mahdi (Department of Civil Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University)
Maleki, Mohammad (Department of Civil Engineering, Bu-Ali Sina University)
Ghanbari, Ali (Faculty of Engineering, Kharazmi University)
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Geomechanics and Engineering / v.13, no.4, 2017 , pp. 653-669 More about this Journal
Abstract
By increase in the population and consequently constructions, new structures may be built in vicinity of the soil slopes. Such structures can be regarded as an extra surcharge on the slopes. The intensity and location of the surcharge affects the displacements of the slopes. Few researchers have studied the effect of surcharge on displacements of soil slopes. In this research, using limit analysis method and upper bound theory with non-associated flow rule, displacements of soil slopes in vicinity of a surcharge has been estimated. The authors have improved the technique previously proposed by them and a new formulation is suggested for calculating the permanent displacements of the soil slope in presence of a surcharge for two failure modes, rotational and transitional. A comparison has also been made between the two mentioned modes for various conditions of surcharge and slope. The conditions resulting in the rotational mode to be more critical than the transitional mode have been investigated. Also, the effects of surcharge's intensity, location of surcharge as well as the soil properties have been investigated.
Keywords
surcharge; soil slopes; displacement; limit analysis;
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