Journal
ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
Volume 145, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2022.107040
Keywords
Slope stability; Strength reduction method; Failure criterion; Kinetic energy; SPFEM
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From the perspective of energy, the change of kinetic energy during slope failure is significant. This paper proposes a new failure criterion based on the change of occurrence time of peak kinetic energy, and verifies its applicability and accuracy through experiments on homogeneous and inhomogeneous slopes. The results show that the evolution of kinetic energy can intuitively reveal the sudden change of occurrence time of peak kinetic energy, which can be used to objectively determine the factor of safety of the slope. This criterion can be further applied in practical engineering to determine a more accurate factor of safety of slopes.
From the perspective of energy, the change of kinetic energy is rather obvious in the process of slope from steady state to failure. To numerically define the factor of safety (FOS) of the slope, the strength reduction method (SRM) is coupled with the two-dimensional explicit smoothed particle finite element method (eSPFEM), considered kinetic energy, to analyze slope stability. Through the failure analysis of slope, a new failure criterion based on the change of occurrence time of peak kinetic energy is proposed in this paper. Its applicability and accuracy are verified by two homogeneous slopes and two inhomogeneous slopes. The results show that the evolution of kinetic energy in the slope can intuitively and effectively reveal the sudden change of occurrence time of peak kinetic energy, leading to objectively determining the FOS of the slope. The proposed failure criterion regarding the characteristics of kinetic energy evolution could be further utilized in practical engineering to determine a more accurate factor of safety of the slope.
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