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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.

Measures Of Slope Rotatability For Mixture Experiment Designs

  • Ha, Jeong-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.745-755
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    • 2007
  • The concept of slope rotatability introduced by Hader and Park(1978) is available when we are interested in the difference of the responses. Since there can be constraints on the factor levels in mixture experiments, there arises a need for adaptation of the concept of slope rotatability and the measure to assess it. In this article, measures of slope rotatability in mixture experiments are proposed to quantify the amount of slope rotatability for a given design. Measures for a restricted region design as well as for an unrestricted region design are presented. Then, the designs having different optimalities are compared with respect to these measures by some examples.

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Slope-rotatable Designs for Estimating the Slope of Response Surfaces in Experiments with Mixtures

  • Park, Sung H.;Kim, Jung I.
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.121-133
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    • 1988
  • In this paper a class of mixture designs for estimating the slope of second order Scheffe polynomial response surfaces for mixture experiments with q components is presented. The variance of the estimated directional slope at a point is a function of the direction of the slope and the design. If the variance is averaged over all possible directions in the (q-1)-dimensional simplex, the averaged variance is only a function of the point and the design. By choice of design, it is possible to make this variance constant for all points equidistant from the centroid point. This property is called "slope-rotatability over al directions in the simplex", and the necessary and sufficient conditions for mixture design to have this property are given and proved. The class of designs with this property is compared with other mixture designs and discussed.discussed.

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Sensitivity analysis of the influencing factors of slope stability based on LS-SVM

  • Xu, Juncai;Ren, Qingwen;Shen, Zhenzhong
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.447-458
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    • 2017
  • This study proposes a sensitivity analysis method for slope stability based on the least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) to examine the influencing factors of slope stability. The method uses LS-SVM as an algorithm for machine learning. An appropriate training dataset is established according to the slope characteristics, and a testing dataset is designed orthogonally. Results of the testing data in the experiment design are calculated after training using the LS-SVM model. The sensitivity of the slope stability of each factor is examined via gray correlation analysis. The results are consistent with those of the traditional Bishop analysis and can be used as a reference for optimizing slope design.

Hydraulic Design of Reactor Coolant Pump Considering Head Curve Slope at Design Point (양정곡선 기울기를 고려한 원자로 냉각재 펌프의 수력설계)

  • Yoo, Il-Su;Park, Mu-Ryong;Yoon, Eui-Soo
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.18-23
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    • 2011
  • The hydraulic part in reactor coolant pump consists of suction nozzle, impeller, diffuser, and discharge nozzle. Among them, impeller is required to be designed to satisfy performance requirements such as head, NPSHR, and head curve slope at design point. Present study is intended to suggest the preliminary design method sizing the impeller size to satisfy the design requirement particularly including head curve slope at design point. On a basis of preliminary design result, hydraulic components have been designed in detail by CFD and then manufactured in a reduced scale. Experiment in parallel with computational analysis has been executed in order to confirm the hydraulic performance. Comparison results show good agreement with design result, confirming the validity of design method suggested in this study.

The Use of Piles to Cut Slopes Design in Cohesive Soils (억지말뚝을 이용한 점성토지반 절토사면의 설계)

  • 홍원표;한중근;송영석
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.157-170
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    • 1999
  • A new design technique is presented to stabilize cut slopes in cohesive soils by use of piles. The design method can consider systematically factors such as the gradient and height of slope, the number and position of pile's rows, the interval and stiffness of piles, etc. The design method is established on the basis of the stability analysis of slope with rows of piles. The basic concept applied in the stability analysis is that the soil across the open space between piles can be retained by the arching action of the soil, when a row of piles is installed in soil undergoing lateral movement such as landslides. To obtain the whole stability of slope containing piles, two kinds of analyses for the pile-stability and the slope- stability must be performed simultaneously. An instrumentation system has been installed at a cut slope in cohesive soil, which has been designed according to the presented design process. The behavior of both the piles and the soil across the open space between piles is observed precisely. The result of instrumentation shows that the cut slope has been stabilized by the contribution of stabilizing effect of piles on the slope stability in cohesive soil.

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Determination of Critical Slope Height for Large Open-pit Coal Mine and Analysis of Displacement for Slope failure Prediction (대규모 노천 석탄광산의 한계사면높이 결정과 사면파괴 예측을 위한 계측자료 해석)

  • Jung, Yong-Bok;SunWoo, Choon;Lee, Jong-Beom
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.447-456
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    • 2008
  • Open-pit mine slope design must be carried out from the economical efficiency and stability point of view. The overall slope angle is the primary design variable because of limited support or reinforce options available. In this study, the slope angle and critical slope height of large coal mine located in Pasir, Kalimantan, Indonesia were determined from safety point of view. Failure time prediction based on the monitored displacement using inverse velocity was also conducted to make up fir the uncertainty of the slope design. From the study, critical slope height was calculated as $353{\sim}438m$ under safety factor guideline (SF>1.5) and $30^{\circ}$ overall slope angle but loom is recommended as a critical slope height considering the results of sensitivity analysis of strength parameters. The results of inverse velocity analysis also showed good agreement with field slope cases. Therefore, failure of unstable slope can be roughly detected before real slope failure.

Importance of global slope stability analysis in design of geosynthetic reinforced walls in tiered configuration (계단식 보강토 옹벽 설계시 사면안정해석의 중요성)

  • Yoo, Chung-Sik;Kim, Sun-Bin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.176-183
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    • 2008
  • This paper highlights the importance of carrying out global slope stability analysis as part of design calculations for geosynethetic walls in tiered configuration. Four design case histories were selected to examine the appropriateness of their design by performing additional slope stability analyses using the shear strength reduction method with in the frame work of finite element analysis. The results indicated that all of the walls examined, which were designed to meet the current design guide lines, did not satisfy the global slope stability requirement, and that longer reinforcements are required in the upper tiers to achieve the minimum factor of safety. Practical implications of the findings are discussed.

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A formal representation of data exchange for slope stability analysis of smart road design and construction

  • Dai, Ke;Huang, Wuhao;Wen, Ya;Xie, Yuru;Kim, Jung In
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.1130-1137
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    • 2022
  • The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) provides standardized product models for the building construction domain. However, the current IFC schema has limited representation for infrastructure. Several studies have examined the data schema for road and highway modeling, but not in a sufficiently comprehensive and robust manner to facilitate the overall integrated project delivery of road projects. Several discussions have focused on slope engineering for road projects, but no solution has been provided regarding the formalized parametric modeling up to now. Iterative design, analysis, and modification are observed during the process of slope design for road projects. The practitioners need to carry out the stability analysis to consider different road design alternatives, including horizontal, vertical, and cross-section designs. The procedure is neither formalized nor automated. Thus, there is a need to develop the formal representation of the product and process of slope analysis for road design. The objective of this research is to develop a formal representation (i.e., an IFC extension data schema) for slope analysis. It consists of comprehensive information required for slope analysis in a structured manner. The deliverable of this study contributes to both the formal representation of infrastructure development and, further, the automated process of slope design for road projects.

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MODIFIED SLOPE ROTATABLE CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS

  • VICTOR BABU B. RE.
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.153-160
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, modified second order slope rotatable designs are introduced and modified slope rotatable central composite designs (SRCCD) are constructed for $2 {\le} v {\le} 17$ (v: the number of factors). Further, it can be shown for certain values of 'v', the modified SRCCD can be viewed as SRCCD constructed as with the technique of augmentation of second order rotatable design (SORD) using central composite design to SRCCD. These designs are useful in parts to estimate responses and slopes with spherical variance functions.