The Numerical Calculation of Highway Slope Stability under the Influence of Rainfall

Abstract:

The slope deformation and instability caused by rainfall is the most common geological hazard in the highway slope landslide hazards. This paper used the finite element method to analyze the stability of slop in a variety of water-saturated conditions based on the strength reduction method, and to get the mechanism of rainfall weakening the strength of landslide. The results shows that the slope landslide in the fully saturated state would be instability when the surface was muddy geotechnical (thickness about 5 m), but it could remain stable when the saturated rate was under 80%. Under the action of rainfall, the maximum shear stress of potential slip plane in this kind of slopes was in the landslide’s lower edge which has obvious stress concentraten. Therefore, slope control measures should be strengthened to prevent the occurrence of the landslide hazard in the lot of long rainy season.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 260-261)
• Pages: 907-911
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.260-261.907
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Yu Chen, Hui Yun Duan, Cheng Tao Zhou
• Keywords: Highway Slope, Landslide, Numerical Simulation, Saturated Rate

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