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COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS
Volume 77, Issue -, Pages 45-55Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2016.04.001
Keywords
Probabilistic analysis; Reinforced slope stability; Finite element method; Monte Carlo simulation; Limit equilibrium method
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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Probabilistic slope stability analyses of simple geosynthetic reinforced soil slopes were carried out using the shear strength reduction method in combination with the finite element method (FEM). An existing open-source FEM code was modified to include bar elements to model horizontal layers of geosynthetic reinforcement. Analysis results using the modified code (mFEM) demonstrate that large reductions in probability of failure can be realized by adding geosynthetic reinforcement layers to constructed slopes. The modified code was also used to investigate the effect of variability of soil friction angle on probabilistic outcomes for constructed unreinforced and reinforced purely frictional soil slopes. Crown Copyright (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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