The evaluation of the seismic stability of high rock slopes is of vital importance to ensure the safe operation of the hydropower stations.In this paper,an equivalent pseudo-static force analysis based on the finite e...The evaluation of the seismic stability of high rock slopes is of vital importance to ensure the safe operation of the hydropower stations.In this paper,an equivalent pseudo-static force analysis based on the finite element method is developed to evaluate the seismic stability of reinforced rock slopes where the prestressed cables are modeled by the bar elements applied with nodal forces and bounded only at the anchored parts.The method is applied to analyze a high rock slope in south-west China and the optimization of cables.The stabilization effects of prestressed cables on the seismic stability of the slope are studied,the simulations of the concrete heading are discussed and the potential failure modes of the shear concrete plug are compared.Based on this,the optimization of cables is studied including the anchor spacing and inclined angles.展开更多
Prestressed anchor cables are widely used for slope reinforcement,but the loss of prestress makes it difficult to guarantee the reinforcement effect.Anchor cable prestress degradation was considered as a stochastic pr...Prestressed anchor cables are widely used for slope reinforcement,but the loss of prestress makes it difficult to guarantee the reinforcement effect.Anchor cable prestress degradation was considered as a stochastic process,and the probability density function of this process was established using gamma theory and impact theory respectively.Combined with the failure threshold,the probability density was integrated to find the time-dependent reliability of the anchor cable.Based on the monitoring data of the prestress degradation of the anchor cable,parameters in the probability density function were solved by the maximum likelihood method,and the time-varying reliability and service life of the anchor cable were obtained analytically.The applicability of two degradation theories,gamma stochastic process and impact theory,was compared.The results showed that the probability density curves of both degradation models were normally distributed and the error of reliability results did not exceed 0.06.The life prediction results of the gamma stochastic process were closer to the actual life of 400 h than the 500 h of the impact theory,and the probability curves of the anchor cable life also indicated that the impact theory overestimated the service life probability of the anchor cable.Taking the anchor cable reinforcement within the slope of the Dagushan open-pit mine as an example,and the results verify the feasibility of using gamma theory to predict the degradation of anchor cables and provides theoretical support for prevention of the degradation of anchor cables in the slope of an open-pit mine under the action of external forces.展开更多
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the supports from National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51109162)China National Twelfth Five-Year Science and Technology Supporting Programme(2011BAB08B01)Research Programme for Western China Communication(2011ZB04)and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
文摘The evaluation of the seismic stability of high rock slopes is of vital importance to ensure the safe operation of the hydropower stations.In this paper,an equivalent pseudo-static force analysis based on the finite element method is developed to evaluate the seismic stability of reinforced rock slopes where the prestressed cables are modeled by the bar elements applied with nodal forces and bounded only at the anchored parts.The method is applied to analyze a high rock slope in south-west China and the optimization of cables.The stabilization effects of prestressed cables on the seismic stability of the slope are studied,the simulations of the concrete heading are discussed and the potential failure modes of the shear concrete plug are compared.Based on this,the optimization of cables is studied including the anchor spacing and inclined angles.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52074292)National Key Research and Development Program(No.2017YFC1503103)。
文摘Prestressed anchor cables are widely used for slope reinforcement,but the loss of prestress makes it difficult to guarantee the reinforcement effect.Anchor cable prestress degradation was considered as a stochastic process,and the probability density function of this process was established using gamma theory and impact theory respectively.Combined with the failure threshold,the probability density was integrated to find the time-dependent reliability of the anchor cable.Based on the monitoring data of the prestress degradation of the anchor cable,parameters in the probability density function were solved by the maximum likelihood method,and the time-varying reliability and service life of the anchor cable were obtained analytically.The applicability of two degradation theories,gamma stochastic process and impact theory,was compared.The results showed that the probability density curves of both degradation models were normally distributed and the error of reliability results did not exceed 0.06.The life prediction results of the gamma stochastic process were closer to the actual life of 400 h than the 500 h of the impact theory,and the probability curves of the anchor cable life also indicated that the impact theory overestimated the service life probability of the anchor cable.Taking the anchor cable reinforcement within the slope of the Dagushan open-pit mine as an example,and the results verify the feasibility of using gamma theory to predict the degradation of anchor cables and provides theoretical support for prevention of the degradation of anchor cables in the slope of an open-pit mine under the action of external forces.
