Assessment of the Reinforced Slope Stability Under Earthquake Loading

Authors

  • Ankita Gupta
  • Vinay Bhushan Chauhan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/joge.v8i2.5796

Abstract

Failure of the soil slopes by dynamic excitation is one of the most vital geotechnical earthquake hazards which may lead to serious destruction to the bridge abutments, dams, embankment, and structures resting on the slope. Moreover, due to deficient space available for the construction of slopes in urban areas, high and steep slope is constructed by geotextile reinforcement slopes. In this study, numerical modelling is made to study the behaviour of soil slope reinforced by geotextile under earthquake loading using the finite element method available in, optumG2. The value of the factor of safety (FOS) for unreinforced soil slope is calculated using the strength reduction method (SRM) at slope angle (β = 60°) and the height of the slope is 10 m. In the unreinforced slope, a critical failure surface was obtained due to which slope is reinforced with geotextile under static and earthquake loading. Furthermore, a parametric analysis is carried out to evaluate the effect on different lengths of geotextile and different vertical spacing for the stability of reinforced slope with horizontal ground acceleration coefficient (0.1-0.4). From the outcomes of the present study, it is noted that a stable slope can be achieved with an optimized configuration of the reinforcement under seismic loading, also a steeper slope can be achieved using reinforcement compared to that of an unreinforced slope.

 

Keywords: Slope stability, Geotextile, Reinforced slope, Finite element method (FEM), OptumG2.

 

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2021-09-01

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