• Title/Summary/Keyword: Limit Equilibrium Stability Analysis

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A Comparative Study of Safe Factor of Slope according to Analysis Methods (해석 방법에 따른 비탈면 최소안전율 비교 연구)

  • Ryu, Hang Taek;Jang, Jeong Wook;Chung, Youn In
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.207-216
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    • 2018
  • This research compared and analyzed safety ratio of slope with Talren97 and SoilWorks based on limit equilibrium analysis and Midas GTS based on finite element analysis. For the analysis variables, there are slope height, berm condition, soil parameter, groundwater level, slope inclination. All of slope stability analysis were performed by dividing into dry season and rainy season. As the result of the analysis of Talren97 and SoilWorks based on same theory, safety ratio of slope shows same value, so there was no difference between the programs. In comparison with limit equilibrium analysis, the result of finite element analysis showed somewhat high ratio of safety and it was higher by about 2.4% averagely. The difference between the result of limit equilibrium analysis and that of finite element analysis is in the range which can ignored in practical work.

Comparative study between Finite Element Method and Limit Equilibrium Method on Slope Stability Analysis (사면안정해석에 있어서의 유한요소법과 한계평형법의 비교)

  • 이동엽;유충식
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.483-490
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents the results of a comparative study between FEM and LEM on slope stability analysis. For validation, factors of safety were compared between FEM and LEM. The results from the two methods were in good agreement suggesting that the FEM with the shear strength reduction method can be effectively used on slope stability analyses. A series of analysis were then performed using the FEM for various constitutive laws, slope angles, flow rules, and the finite element discretizations. Among the findings, the finite element method in conjunction with the shear strength reduction method can provide reasonable results in terms of factor of safety. Also revealed is that the results of FEM can be significantly affected by the way in which the type of constitutive law and flow rule are selected.

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Stability Behavior of Geotextile Tube Composite Structure by Slope Stability and 2-D Limit Equilibrium Analysis (2차원 한계평형 및 사면안정해석을 통한 지오텍스타일 튜브 복합구조물의 안정성 분석)

  • Oh, Young-In;Shin, Eun-Chul;Kang, Jeong-Gu
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2006
  • Geotextile has been used for various types of containers, such as small hand-filled sandbags, 3-dimensional fabric forms for concrete paste, large soil and aggregate filled geotextile gabion, prefabricated hydraulically filled containers. They are hydraulically filled with dredged materials and have been applied in coastal protection and scour protection, dewatering method of slurry, temporary working platform for bridge construction, temporary embankment for spill way dam construction. Recently, geotextile tube technology is no longer alternative construction technique but suitable desired solution. The paper presents the stability behavior of geotextile tube composite structure by 2-D limit equilibrium and slope stability analysis. 2-D limit equilibrium analysis was performed to evaluate the stability of geotextile tube composite structure to the lateral earth pressure and also transient seepage and stability analysis were conducted to determine the pore pressure distribution by tide variation and slope stability. Based on the results of this paper, the three types of geotextile tube composite structure is stable and also slope stability of overall geotextile tube composite structures is stable with the variation of tidal conditions.

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A Consideration on Deformation Characteristics of Soil Nailed Retaining-Walls on Field Measurements (현장계측에 의한 쏘일네일링 보강벽체의 변형특성에 관한 고찰)

  • Yoon, Bae-Sic;Lee, Jong-Moon;Kang, In-Kyu;Kwon, Young-Ho;Kim, Hong-Taek
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.534-537
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    • 2007
  • The soil nailing was generally using method in practical business, in application of the soil nailing, the analysis was primarily used to Beam-Colum Method, Finite Element Method and Limit Equilibrium Method. Beam-Colum Method and Finite Element Method were able to examine transformation but widely using Limit Equilibrium Method wasn't able to examine transformation and displacement Therefore, this study was focused on presenting stability in comparison with former study-results about horizontal displacement of the soil nailing retaining-walls satisfing a criterion safety factor of Limit Equilibrium. There were performing comparison field measurements and former study-results in first step.

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Bypass, homotopy path and local iteration to compute the stability point

  • Fujii, Fumio;Okazawa, Shigenobu
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.577-586
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    • 1997
  • In nonlinear finite element stability analysis of structures, the foremost necessary procedure is the computation to precisely locate a singular equilibrium point, at which the instability occurs. The present study describes global and local procedures for the computation of stability points including bifurcation points and limit points. The starting point, at which the procedure will be initiated, may be close to or arbitrarily far away from the target point. It may also be an equilibrium point or non-equilibrium point. Apart from the usual equilibrium path, bypass and homotopy path are proposed as the global path to the stability point. A local iterative method is necessary, when it is inspected that the computed path point is sufficiently close to the stability point.

Stability Analysis of Pile/Slope Systems Considering Pile-slope Interaction (억지말뚝-사면의 상호작용을 고려한 사면안전율 분석)

  • 김병철;유광호;정상섬
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2003.03a
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    • pp.513-520
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    • 2003
  • A numerical comparison or predictions by limit equilibrium analysis and 3n analysis is presented for slope/pile system. Special attention is given to the coupled analysis based on the explicit-finite-difference code, FLAC. To this end, an internal routine (FISH) was developed to calculate a factor of safety for a pile-reinforced slope according to shear strength reduction technique. The case of coupled analyses was performed for stabilizing piles in slope in which the pile response and slope stability are considered simultaneously and subsequently the factors of safety are compared to uncoupled analysis (limit equilibrium analysis) solution for a homogeneous slope. Based on a limited parametric study, it is shown that in the free-head condition the factor of safety in slope is more conservative for a coupled analysis than for an uncoupled analysis and a definitely larger value represents when piles are installed in the middle of the slopes and are restrained in the pile head.

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A Stability Evaluation according to inclination of Upper Natural Slope in Soil Slope (토사사면의 상부자연사면 경사에 따른 안정성 평가)

  • Lee, Jeong-Yeob;Koo, Ho-Bon;Kim, Seung-Hyun;Kim, Seung-Hee
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.577-580
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is the stability evaluation of soil slope according to inclination of upper natural slope. Upper natural slope breeds loss of slope by inflow in slope of surface water by rainfall and fluctuation of amount of materials in slope through method of cutting slope according to degree of inclination. Basis of standard inclination does not consider of inclination of upper natural slope and is presented uniformly. Therefore, in this study, analyzed stability of inclination of upper natural slope through limit equilibrium analysis.

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A Study on the Effective Evaluation of Slope Berm Construction using Slope Stability Analysis Program (사면안정해석 프로그램을 이용한 사면 소단 설치의 효용성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • 이종현;이정엽;김승현;유기정;구호본
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2003.03a
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    • pp.485-492
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    • 2003
  • In this study, We peformed on the effective evaluation of slope berm construction using slope stability analysis programs. The effective evaluation of slope berm construction was performed by stability of slope and economy of construction. This time, used slope stability analysis programs are Talren97 that use Limit equilibrium method (LEM) and FLAC-SLOPE that use finite difference method (FDM), and carried out using Rocfall program to evaluate slope stability by rockfall occurrence.

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Stability analysis of slopes under groundwater seepage and application of charts for optimization of drainage design

  • Deng, Dong-ping;Lia, Liang;Zhao, Lian-heng
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.181-194
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    • 2019
  • Due to the seepage of groundwater, the resisting force of slopes decreases and the sliding force increases, resulting in significantly reduced slope stability. The instability of most natural slopes is closely related to the influence of groundwater. Therefore, it is important to study slope stability under groundwater seepage conditions. Thus, using a simplified seepage model of groundwater combined with the analysis of stresses on the slip surface, the limit equilibrium (LE) analytical solutions for two- and three-dimensional slope stability under groundwater seepage are deduced in this work. Meanwhile, the general nonlinear Mohr-Coulomb (M-C) strength criterion is adopted to describe the shear failure of a slope. By comparing the results with the traditional LE methods on slope examples, the feasibility of the proposed method is verified. In contrast to traditional LE methods, the proposed method is more suitable for analyzing slope stability under complex conditions. In addition, to facilitate the optimization of drainage design in the slope, stability charts are drawn for slopes with different groundwater tables. Furthermore, the study concluded that: (1) when the hydraulic gradient of groundwater is small, the effect on slope stability is also small for a change in the groundwater table; and (2) compared with a slope without a groundwater table, a slope with a groundwater table has a larger failure range under groundwater seepage.