A reservoir landslide not only reduces the water storage capacity, but also causes extensive damages to the dam body, power/water transmission lines, roads, and other infrastructures. The Latian Dam, located 35 km nor...A reservoir landslide not only reduces the water storage capacity, but also causes extensive damages to the dam body, power/water transmission lines, roads, and other infrastructures. The Latian Dam, located 35 km north east of Tehran(Iran), is one of the cases which has encountered serious problems with instability of its rock abutments. This paper addresses the stability analysis of the right abutment of the Latian Dam using limit equilibrium and numerical methods. Geomechanical characteristics of the rock abutment were first estimated based on engineering classification of the rock mass. Different search methods were examined for locating the critical circular/non-circular slip surface in conjunction with the general limit equilibrium method. The effect of variability of rock mass properties, water table, and earthquake load on the factor of safety(FS) and probability of failure(PF) was studied. In the event of rapid drawdown in the reservoir, the limit equilibrium analysis calculated FS=1.067 and PF=21.1%, and the numerical analysis returned FS=1.01. The results of the analyses suggest that the right abutment of the Latian Dam is prone to slide and needs treatment. Investigations demonstrated that a slope reduction by 15? at the upper part of the abutment would meet stability conditions even in the worst-case scenario(FS=1.297 and PF=2.07%).展开更多
Experimental and discrete element methods were used to investigate the failure behavior of room and pillar with different configura-tions under uniaxial loading.Concrete samples with dimension of 15 cm×15 cm×...Experimental and discrete element methods were used to investigate the failure behavior of room and pillar with different configura-tions under uniaxial loading.Concrete samples with dimension of 15 cm×15 cm×5 cm were prepared.Within the specimens,rooms and pillars with different configurations were provided.The room dimension was 1 cm×1 cm,and the pillar dimension was according to the room configuration.Twelve different configurations were chosen for rooms and pillars.The axial load was applied to the model by rate of 0.05 mm/min.The results show that the failure process was mostly governed by both the non-persistent joint angle and joint number.The compressive strength of the specimens was related to the fracture pattern and failure mechanism of the pillars.It was shown that the shear behaviour of pillars was related to the number of the induced tensile cracks,which increased by increasing the room angle.The compressive strength of samples increased with the increase of the room angle.The failure pattern and failure strength are similar in both methods,i.e.,the experimental testing and the numerical simulation.展开更多
文摘A reservoir landslide not only reduces the water storage capacity, but also causes extensive damages to the dam body, power/water transmission lines, roads, and other infrastructures. The Latian Dam, located 35 km north east of Tehran(Iran), is one of the cases which has encountered serious problems with instability of its rock abutments. This paper addresses the stability analysis of the right abutment of the Latian Dam using limit equilibrium and numerical methods. Geomechanical characteristics of the rock abutment were first estimated based on engineering classification of the rock mass. Different search methods were examined for locating the critical circular/non-circular slip surface in conjunction with the general limit equilibrium method. The effect of variability of rock mass properties, water table, and earthquake load on the factor of safety(FS) and probability of failure(PF) was studied. In the event of rapid drawdown in the reservoir, the limit equilibrium analysis calculated FS=1.067 and PF=21.1%, and the numerical analysis returned FS=1.01. The results of the analyses suggest that the right abutment of the Latian Dam is prone to slide and needs treatment. Investigations demonstrated that a slope reduction by 15? at the upper part of the abutment would meet stability conditions even in the worst-case scenario(FS=1.297 and PF=2.07%).
文摘Experimental and discrete element methods were used to investigate the failure behavior of room and pillar with different configura-tions under uniaxial loading.Concrete samples with dimension of 15 cm×15 cm×5 cm were prepared.Within the specimens,rooms and pillars with different configurations were provided.The room dimension was 1 cm×1 cm,and the pillar dimension was according to the room configuration.Twelve different configurations were chosen for rooms and pillars.The axial load was applied to the model by rate of 0.05 mm/min.The results show that the failure process was mostly governed by both the non-persistent joint angle and joint number.The compressive strength of the specimens was related to the fracture pattern and failure mechanism of the pillars.It was shown that the shear behaviour of pillars was related to the number of the induced tensile cracks,which increased by increasing the room angle.The compressive strength of samples increased with the increase of the room angle.The failure pattern and failure strength are similar in both methods,i.e.,the experimental testing and the numerical simulation.
