Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 950-963Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2011.06.009
Keywords
Microseismic monitoring; Stability analysis; High rock slope; Jinping first stage hydropower station; Prediction
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [10672028, 50820125405, 50804006]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2007CB209400]
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Risks associated with the left banks lope of Jinping first hydro power station in south western China are growing as a result of excavation of the dam foundation ditch and various tunnels, as well as grouting to soft strata. To improve our understanding of the slope instability and resolve the complex subsurface conditions of the highly fractured rock mass, a microseismic monitoring system was installed in June 2009, which is the first time such a technique has been introduced in to stability analysis of a high steep rock slope in China. The micro seismic monitoring system consists of a data acquisition unit, a data processing unit and a three-dimensional array of uniaxial accelerometers. In order to analyze the correlation between seismicity and potential slip surface of the slope, a numerical model was implemented to analyze the failure processes and stability of the slope. The monitoring results illustrate that microseismic events mainly occur as a strip along the spandrel groove of the dam, which coincides with the potential slipsurface obtained from numerical analysis, especially at the bottom of the slope. Therefore, the comprehensive method incorporating microseismic monitoring and numerical analysis has been proven to be very promising in instability prediction of rock slope subject to identification and delineation of potential slip surface and failure regions. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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