Effect of Variations in Long-Duration Rainfall Intensity on Unsaturated Slope Stability
Autor: | Yi Jin Tsai, Hsin Fu Yeh |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
lcsh:Hydraulic engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Climate change rainfall intensity trend analysis slope stability Zengwen reservoir 02 engineering and technology Aquatic Science Atmospheric sciences 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Pore water pressure lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes lcsh:TC1-978 Effects of global warming Slope stability Precipitation 021101 geological & geomatics engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology lcsh:TD201-500 Trend analysis Environmental science Catchment area Intensity (heat transfer) |
Zdroj: | Water; Volume 10; Issue 4; Pages: 479 Water, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 479 (2018) |
ISSN: | 2073-4441 |
Popis: | In recent years, many scientific methods have been used to prove that the Earth’s climate is changing. Climate change can affect rainfall patterns, which can in turn affect slope safety. Therefore, this study analyzed the effects of climate change on rainfall patterns from the perspective of rainfall intensity. This analysis was combined with numerical model analysis to examine the rainfall patterns of the Zengwen reservoir catchment area and its effects on slope stability. In this study, the Mann–Kendall test and the Theil–Sen estimator were used to analyze the rainfall records of rainfall stations at Da-Dong-Shan, Ma-To-Shan, and San-Jiao-Nan-Shan. The rainfall intensity of the Zengwen reservoir catchment area showed an increasing trend from 1990–2016. In addition, the analysis results of rainfall intensity trends were used for qualitative analysis of seepage and slope stability. The trend analysis result showed that in the future, from 2017–2100, if the amount of rainfall per hour continues to rise at about 0.1 mm per year, the amount of seepage will increase at the slope surface boundary and significantly change pore water pressure in the soil. As a result, the time of the occurrence of slope instability after the start of rainfall will decrease from 20 to 13 h, and the reduction in the safety coefficient will increase from 32 to 41%. Therefore, to decrease the effects of slope disasters on the safety of the Zengwen reservoir and its surrounding areas, changes in rainfall intensity trends should be considered for slope safety in this region. However, the results of trend analyses were weak and future research is needed using a wider range of precipitation data and detailed hydrological analysis to better predict rainfall pattern variations. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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