Estimation of the Critical Seismic Acceleration for Three-Dimensional Rock Slopes

Autor: Qingfeng Meng, Xuyue Hu, Guanghui Chen, Peng Li, Zhi Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 24, p 11625 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app112411625
Popis: An analytical approach for the estimating of critical seismic acceleration of rock slopes was proposed in this study. Based on the 3D horn failure model, the critical seismic acceleration coefficient of rock slopes was conducted with the modified Hoek–Brown (MHB) failure criterion in the framework of upper-bound theory for the first time. The nonlinear Hoek–Brown failure criterion is incorporated into the three-dimensional rotational failure mechanism, and a generalized tangent technique is introduced and employed to convert the nonlinear Hoek–Brown failure criterion into a linear criterion. The critical seismic acceleration coefficients obtained from this study were validated by the numerical simulation results based on finite element limit analysis. The agreement showed that the proposed method is effective. Finally, design charts were provided for exceptional cases for practical use in rock engineering.
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