scholarly journals Stability evaluation method for assessing bedrock and overburden layer slope (BOLS) under seismic load

2021 ◽  
Vol 861 (5) ◽  
pp. 052035
Author(s):  
Weizhi Chen ◽  
Weijing Min ◽  
Yuchun Yao ◽  
Anhong Li ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Seismic Load ◽  
Stability Evaluation

Inferring hillslope response under seismic loading and rainfall: A case study from the SE Carpathian, Romania

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vipin Kumar ◽  
Léna Cauchie ◽  
Anne-Sophie Mreyen ◽  
Philippe Cerfontaine ◽  
Mihai Micu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Slope Stability ◽  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Dynamic Condition ◽  
Seismic Loading ◽  
Seismic Stability ◽  
Seismic Load ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Year 2000

<p>Seismic stability evaluation plays a crucial role in landslide disaster risk reduction. Related modeling also has to consider the potential influences of the rainfall on the hillslopes. This study aims at understanding the relative influence of the seismic loading and extreme cumulative rainfall on a massive active landslide in the seismically active Vrancea-Buzau region of the Romanian Carpathians (45° 30' 23" N, 26° 25' 05" E). This region has been subjected to more than 700 earthquakes (M>4) events with the highest magnitude of 7.2 (M<sub>w</sub>) during the year 1960-2019. Rainfall data of the year 2000-2019 revealed the occurrence of relatively intense rainfall events, especially during the last ten years. The landslide has an aerial dimension of ~9.1 million m². It hosts the small village of Varlaam at the toe along the Bisca River. The slope (with an average gradient of 15-20°) is covered by shrubs and scattered trees near its borders and is relatively barren in the central part. Shales with some intercalated sandstone layers belonging to the Miocene thrust belt constitute the rocks of the slope.   </p><p>A first survey involving the multi-station array and related Horizontal-to-Vertical noise Spectral Ratio (HVSR) measurements was completed in summer 2019. The findings of the HVSR were processed using the inversion process to infer the shear wave velocity distribution with depth and to detect the sliding surface of the landslide. These velocities were further used to estimate the geotechnical properties of the subsurface using the empirical equations. The HVSR based depth profiles and the Unmanned Air Vehicle based topographic information were used to take four 2D slope sections. These sections were considered for 2D discrete element modeling based stability evaluation under static and dynamic condition along with sensitivity analysis. Static simulation was used to determine the Factor of Safety (FS) using the shear strength reduction approach. Ricker wavelet was used as input seismic load in the dynamic simulation. Potential run-out and flow characteristics of the slope material were explored using the Voellmy rheology based RAMMS software. The relationship between rainfall, surface runoff, and soil moisture was also explored to understand the hydrogeological influence on slope stability.</p><p>Though the slope reveals meta-stability (1.0<FS<2.0) condition under static loading, displacement in the soil reaches up to 1.5 m that further increases to 2.8 m under dynamic loading. According to the topographic characteristics of the slope and to the presence of landslide material or intact bedrock near the surface, acceleration along the slope reaches a Peak Ground Acceleration in the range of 0.6 to 1.3g. Eight extreme rainfall events (>50mm/24 hours) during the year 2000-2019 are noted to temporally coincide with enhanced surface runoff and increased soil moisture in the region. Debris flow runout modeling indicated that the slope material may attain a maximum flow height and flow velocity of 13±0.8 m and 5±0.5 m/sec, respectively, along the river channel.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Landslide;<strong> </strong>Earthquake; Slope stability; Runout; SE Carpathian</p>

scholarly journals Stability Evaluation Method of Hole Wall for Bored Pile under Blasting Impact

Symmetry ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Qiuwei Yang ◽  
Zhikun Ba ◽  
Zhuo Zhao ◽  
Xi Peng ◽  
Yun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Pile Foundation ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Impact Load ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Foundation Construction ◽  
Concentration Problem ◽  
Hole Wall ◽  
Failure Theory ◽  
Collapse Failure ◽  
The Stability

Blasting impact load may be encountered during the construction of some pile foundation projects. Due to the effect of blasting impact, hole collapse can easily occur in the hole-forming stage of pile foundation construction. In order to prevent hole collapse, it is very necessary to evaluate the stability of a pile hole wall before pile foundation construction. The calculation of hole collapse can usually be attributed to an axisymmetric circular hole stress concentration problem. However, the existing collapse failure theory of pile hole hardly considers the effect of blasting impact load. In view of this, this paper proposes the stability evaluation method of a pile hole wall under blasting impact. Compared with the existing collapse failure theory, the proposed method fully considers the effect of blasting impact stress. Using Mohr–Coulomb strength theory and symmetry analysis, the strength condition of collapse failure is established in this work for accurate evaluation of the stability of a hole wall. The proposed stability evaluation method is demonstrated by a pile foundation construction project of a bridge. Moreover, a shaking table test on the pile hole model was performed to verify the proposed method by experimental data. The results indicate the effectiveness and usability of the proposed method. The proposed method provides a feasible way for the stability analysis of a pile hole wall under blasting impact.

scholarly journals Study on the Applicability of Dynamic Stability Evaluation Criteria by Comparison of Trackside Measurement Results of Different Track Structures

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 8245
Author(s):  
Kyuhwan Oh ◽  
Jaeik Lee ◽  
Junhyeok Choi ◽  
Yonggul Park
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Stability ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Railway Track ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Design Specification ◽  
Wheel Load ◽  
Field Instrumentation ◽  
Load Fluctuation ◽  
Concrete Type

Countries such as Korea adopt design codes, evaluation criteria and specifications from standards originating abroad; this leads to a lack of distinction of the separate applications of dynamic stability evaluation parameters between various track structures of different track moduli. This paper discusses the applicability of the dynamic stability evaluation method of railway track structures by assessing 10 different types of railway track sections of a newly constructed railway operation line (5 ballasted and 5 concrete type track structures) by field instrumentation testing. Parameters of track support stiffness (TSS), wheel load fluctuation, derailment coefficient, and rail displacement are measured. The respective results are first compared to the standard criteria (design specification) and comparisons between the different track types are presented as ratios. Findings show that while all of the tracks satisfy the design specification requirements, each track type measurement result varies by a noticeable degree, particularly when comparing between concrete and ballast type track structures. Results of the study demonstrate that using the same dynamic stability evaluation criteria can lead to an incorrect assessment of the track performance evaluation of track structure, and a separate evaluation parameter for ballasted and concrete track structures is required.

Transient stability evaluation method based on kinetic energy of postfault trajectories

2010 ◽  
Vol 174 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Takahiro Okuda ◽  
Shinichi Nakagawa ◽  
Yuta Ohsaki ◽  
Shinichi Iwamoto
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Transient Stability ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Stability Evaluation

Using Limit Analysis for Seismic Evaluation of Component Located in Nuclear Power Plants

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Zeman
Keyword(s):  
Limit Analysis ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Static Load ◽  
Seismic Load ◽  
Plastic Behavior ◽  
Seismic Evaluation ◽  
Perfectly Plastic ◽  
American Society

Using limit analysis for evaluation of the seismic resistance of the components located in NPPs is compared with the standard evaluation method. This comparison is based on the procedure specified in American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section III. Subsection NC, version 1992 standard. The limit analysis uses perfectly plastic behavior of the material. The seismic load is restricted when using limit analysis to the pseudo-static load. The possibility of building of more realistic non-linear model including contacts is another advantage of limit analysis. Using limit analysis is the way to move the evaluation method closer to the real collapse load and to reduce conservatism.

The Application of EMD and ARMA Bi-Cepstrum Fault Diagnosis Method in Gearbox of Overhead Traveling Crane

2011 ◽  
Vol 308-310 ◽  
pp. 88-91
Author(s):  
Hong Bo Xu ◽  
Guo Hua Chen ◽  
Xin Hua Wang ◽  
Jun Liang
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Arma Model ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Stability Evaluation ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Diagnosis Method ◽  
Auto Regressive

For the time varying of signals, empirical mode decomposition (EMD) is occupied to modulate signals; auto-regressive moving average (ARMA) of higher accuracy is used to establish model for the signal principal components; then parametric bi-cepstrum estimation is implemented and fault feature is extracted. The test results about gearbox of overhead traveling crane indicate: the feature quefrency can be obtained through method of EMD and ARMA model parametric bi-cepstrum estimation.It is a kind of effective fault diagnosis and stability evaluation method.

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