ASSESSMENT OF STABILITY OF SLOPES UNDER DRAWDOWN CONDITIONS

The traditional approach for estimating the stability of slopes under different submergence conditions is the charts of Morgernstern (1963) and, more recently, proprietary computer programs, both utilizing limit-state analyses. The chart approach is limited by geometry and material property considerations and the limit-state approach by assumptions about analysis method and failure mechanism. The finite-element method offers a powerful method for analyzing complex geometries and properties of slope stability problems, but may be unattractive for routine use by supervisory staff. By comparison a chart-based approach is useful, particularly when setting operating conditions on, for example, drawdown rates for dams and reservoirs. This paper seeks to explore the use of the finite-element method to produce operating charts for such circumstances that should be applicable to real structures.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This work was supported by the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., under Grant No. CMS-9512434.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Lane, P A
  • Griffiths, D V
• Publication Date: 2000-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 443-450
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 126
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Charts; Computer programs; Dams; Drawdown (Hydraulics); Estimating; Finite element method; Geometry; Mathematical models; Reservoirs; Slope stability; Submergence (Geology)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794072
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 65W001, 59A0071, CMS-9512434
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 2000 12:00AM