Development of Slope Stability Evaluation Process of Frozen Soil in Coupling Temperature Field

Abstract:

The slope stability analysis in cold region is special for its non-uniform temperature field. Considering the special characteristic of the slope in cold region, the physical parameters of frozen soil are treated in this paper as the connection between temperature field and stress field. The temperature influences mechanical properties of frozen soil and forms freezing-thawing interface in the slope, which make great influence on the stability of slope. The critical slip surface searching algorithm for cold region is developed and the moment center solution method in the computation of slope’s stability coefficient is also improved. The critical slip surface and stability of 4m subgrade with 1: 1.5 slopes under different soil temperature condition is computed using the developed frozen subgrade stability computation program. The results shows that the line segment type slip surface is more accuracy than circle type slip surface in cold region slope stability analysis; moreover, the minimum stability coefficient of frozen subgrade does not happen in tenth months when the thawing soil goes to deepest, but show in the early time of warm season, forming the phenomenon of thaw slumping. And it is also found that the occurring time of yearly minimum landslide stability coefficient postpones as the decreasing of soil temperature.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 446-449)
• Pages: 1948-1956
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.446-449.1948
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Zhi Yun Liu, Jian Bing Chen, Long Jin, Jian Xu
• Keywords: Freezing-Thawing Interface, Slip Surface Searching, Slope in Cold Region, Slope Stability Coefficient

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