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Stability analyses of dual porosity soil slope

  • Satyanaga, Alfrendo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nazarbayev University) ;
  • Moon, Sung-Woo (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nazarbayev University) ;
  • Kim, Jong R. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nazarbayev University)
  • Received : 2021.04.26
  • Accepted : 2021.11.02
  • Published : 2022.01.10
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Abstract

Many geotechnical analyses require the investigation of water flow within partially saturated soil zone to incorporate the effect of climatic conditions. It is widely understood that the hydraulic properties of the partially saturated soil should be included in the transient seepage analyses. However, the characteristics of dual porosity soils with dual-mode water retention curve are normally modelled using single-mode mathematical equation for simplification of the analysis. In reality, the rainwater flow can be affected significantly by the dual-mode hydraulic properties of the soil. This paper presents the variations of safety factor for dual porosity soil slope with dual-mode water retention curve and dual-mode unsaturated permeability. This paper includes the development of the new dual-mode unsaturated permeability to represent the characteristics of soil with the dual-mode water retention curve. The finite element analyses were conducted to examine the role of dual-mode water retention curve and dual-mode unsaturated permeability on the variations of safety factor under rainfall loading. The results indicate that the safety factor variations of dual porosity soil slope modelled using the dual-mode water retention curve and the unsaturated permeability equation are lower than those of dual porosity slope modelled using single-mode water retention curve and unsaturated permeability equations.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the Nazarbayev University Research Fund under Grants #SOE2017003. The authors are grateful for this support. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Nazarbayev University.

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