Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability
Reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers are common in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Their stabilities are affected by multi-coupled factors (e.g., reservoir water fluctuations, rainfall, and earthquakes in the reservoir area). Meanwhile, the differences in mechanical parameters of reservoir b...
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| author | Wengang Zhang Wengang Zhang Xuanyu Meng Xuanyu Meng Luqi Wang Luqi Wang Fansheng Meng Fansheng Meng Yankun Wang Pengfei Liu |
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| description | Reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers are common in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Their stabilities are affected by multi-coupled factors (e.g., reservoir water fluctuations, rainfall, and earthquakes in the reservoir area). Meanwhile, the differences in mechanical parameters of reservoir banks make it more difficult to determine the dynamic stability of bank slopes under complex mechanical environments. In this paper, the multiple disaster-causing factors and spatial variability of the landslide were comprehensively considered to study the long-term evolution trend of the bank slopes with weak interlayers. Specifically, the limit equilibrium method combined with the random field was performed to calculate the reliability. Furthermore, the long-term effects of dry-wet cycles on reservoir bank landslides and the sensitivity analysis of the statistical parameters of the random field were discussed. The results show that the earthquake action had the most significant impact on the failure probability of the landslide. The failure probability was more significantly affected by the vertical fluctuation range of the parameters and the coefficient of variation of the internal friction angle. The increase in failure probability under the action of dry-wet cycles was mainly caused by the reduction of the parameters of the weak interlayer. The reliability evaluation method of reservoir bank slopes can be applied to predict the long-term stability of the coastal banks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d9ce51a11a4c4fa39f6e992bda8bc40b2023-03-20T05:19:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452023-03-011010.3389/fmars.2023.11613661161366Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variabilityWengang Zhang0Wengang Zhang1Xuanyu Meng2Xuanyu Meng3Luqi Wang4Luqi Wang5Fansheng Meng6Fansheng Meng7Yankun Wang8Pengfei Liu9School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaNational Joint Engineering Research Center of Geohazards Prevention in the Reservoir Areas, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaNational Joint Engineering Research Center of Geohazards Prevention in the Reservoir Areas, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaNational Joint Engineering Research Center of Geohazards Prevention in the Reservoir Areas, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaNational Joint Engineering Research Center of Geohazards Prevention in the Reservoir Areas, Chongqing University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Geosciences, Yangtze University, Wuhan, ChinaChongqing Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring, Chongqing, ChinaReservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers are common in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Their stabilities are affected by multi-coupled factors (e.g., reservoir water fluctuations, rainfall, and earthquakes in the reservoir area). Meanwhile, the differences in mechanical parameters of reservoir banks make it more difficult to determine the dynamic stability of bank slopes under complex mechanical environments. In this paper, the multiple disaster-causing factors and spatial variability of the landslide were comprehensively considered to study the long-term evolution trend of the bank slopes with weak interlayers. Specifically, the limit equilibrium method combined with the random field was performed to calculate the reliability. Furthermore, the long-term effects of dry-wet cycles on reservoir bank landslides and the sensitivity analysis of the statistical parameters of the random field were discussed. The results show that the earthquake action had the most significant impact on the failure probability of the landslide. The failure probability was more significantly affected by the vertical fluctuation range of the parameters and the coefficient of variation of the internal friction angle. The increase in failure probability under the action of dry-wet cycles was mainly caused by the reduction of the parameters of the weak interlayer. The reliability evaluation method of reservoir bank slopes can be applied to predict the long-term stability of the coastal banks.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1161366/fullslope stabilityrandom fieldsfailure probabilityspatial variabilitymultiple factors |
| spellingShingle | Wengang Zhang Wengang Zhang Xuanyu Meng Xuanyu Meng Luqi Wang Luqi Wang Fansheng Meng Fansheng Meng Yankun Wang Pengfei Liu Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability Frontiers in Marine Science slope stability random fields failure probability spatial variability multiple factors |
| title | Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability |
| title_full | Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability |
| title_fullStr | Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability |
| title_short | Reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability |
| title_sort | reliability evaluation of reservoir bank slopes with weak interlayers considering spatial variability |
| topic | slope stability random fields failure probability spatial variability multiple factors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1161366/full |
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