Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.10.002
Title: Pseudo-static/dynamic solutions of required reinforcement force for steep slopes using discretization-based kinematic analysis
Authors: Qin, C.
Chian, S.C. 
Keywords: Discretization technique
Discretization-based kinematic analysis
Geosynthetics
Pseudo-static/dynamic approach
Reinforced soil
Seismic stability
Issue Date: 2019
Publisher: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Citation: Qin, C., Chian, S.C. (2019). Pseudo-static/dynamic solutions of required reinforcement force for steep slopes using discretization-based kinematic analysis. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 11 (2) : 289-299. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.10.002
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Abstract: This paper presents a procedure for assessing the reinforcement force of geosynthetics required for maintaining dynamic stability of a steep soil slope. Such a procedure is achieved with the use of the discretization technique and kinematic analysis of plasticity theory, i.e. discretization-based kinematic analysis. The discretization technique allows discretization of the analyzed slope into various components and generation of a kinematically admissible failure mechanism based on an associated flow rule. Accordingly, variations in soil properties including soil cohesion, internal friction angle and unit weight are accounted for with ease, while the conventional kinematic analysis fails to consider the changes in soil properties. The spatial–temporal effects of dynamic accelerations represented by primary and shear seismic waves are considered using the pseudo-dynamic approach. In the presence of geosynthetic reinforcement, tensile failure is discussed providing that the geosynthetics are installed with sufficient length. Equating the total rates of work done by external forces to the internal rates of work yields the upper bound solution of required reinforcement force, below which slopes fail. The reinforcement force is sought by optimizing the objective function with regard to independent variables, and presented in a normalized form. Pseudo-static analysis is a special case and hence readily transformed from pseudo-dynamic analysis. Comparisons of the pseudo-static/dynamic solutions calculated in this study are highlighted. Although the pseudo-static approach yields a conservative solution, its ability to give a reasonable result is substantiated for steep slopes. In order to provide a more meaningful solution to a stability analysis, the pseudo-dynamic approach is recommended due to considerations of spatial–temporal effect of earthquake input. © 2019 Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Source Title: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/212472
ISSN: 1674-7755
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2018.10.002
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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