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2014 Vol.30, Issue 10
Study on the Characteristics of Infinite Slope Failures by Probabilistic Seepage Analysis

확률론적 침투해석을 통한 무한사면 파괴의 특성 연구

Sung-Eun Cho1*
조 성은1*
1Assistant Prof., Dept. of Civil, Safety, and Environmental Engrg., Hankyong National Univ.
1한경대학교 토목안전환경공학과 조교수
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
31 October 2014. pp. 5-18
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Abstract

Many regions around the world are vulnerable to rainfall-induced slope failures. A variety of methods have been proposed for revealing the mechanism of slope failure initiation. Current analysis methods, however, do not consider the effects of non-homogeneous soil profiles and variable hydraulic responses on rainfall-induced slope failures. In this study, probabilistic stability analyses were conducted for weathered residual soil slopes with different soil thickness overlying impermeable bedrock to study the rainfall-induced failure mechanisms depending on the soil thickness. A series of seepage and stability analyses of an infinite slope based on one-dimensional random fields were performed to consider the effects of uncertainty due to the spatial heterogeneity of hydraulic conductivity on the failure of unsaturated slopes due to rainfall infiltration. The results showed that a probabilistic framework can be used to efficiently consider various failure patterns caused by spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity in rainfall infiltration assessment for a infinite slope.

Keywords
Rainfall infiltration
Monte Carlo Simulation,
Probability
Random field
Infinite slope
Hydraulic conductivity

세계의 많은 지역이 강우에 의한 사면파괴가 취약하다. 사면파괴의 발생 메커니즘을 파악하기 위해 지금까지 다양한 방법들이 제안되어져 왔으나 현재 사용되는 방법들은 비균질한 지반분포와 수리학적 거동이 강우로 인한 사면 파괴에 미치는 효과를 고려하지 못한다. 본 연구에서는 강우 시 토층의 두께에 따른 사면파괴의 발생 메커니즘을 연구하기 위하여 불투수 기반암 위에 존재하는 풍화 잔류토 사면에 대한 확률론적 사면안정 해석을 수행하였다. 불균질한 투수계수의 공간적 분포로 인한 불확실성이 강우침투에 의한 불포화 사면의 파괴에 미치는 영향을 고려하기 위하여 일차원 랜덤필드에 기초한 일련의 침투해석과 사면 안정해석을 수행하였다. 해석결과에 의하면 확률론적 해석법은 사면에 대한 강우의 침투 평가 시 투수계수의 공간적인 변동에 의하여 발생하는 다양한 파괴 패턴을 효과적으로 고려할 수 있음을 보여준다.

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  • Publisher :The Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지반공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반공학회 논문집
  • Volume : 30
  • No :10
  • Pages :5-18
  • Received Date : 2014-01-23
  • Revised Date : 2014-08-06
  • Accepted Date : 2014-10-21
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7843/kgs.2014.30.10.5
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