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Parametric Studies of Slope stability Analysis by 3D FEM Using Strength Reduction Method

강도감소법에 의한 3차원 사면안정해석에 대한 매개변수 연구

Young-Min Kim1*
김 영민1*
1Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Jeonju University
*교신저자. *Corresponding Author. 
30 December 2016. pp. 25-32
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Abstract

The two-dimensional (2D) analysis is widely used in geotechnical engineering for slope stability analysis assuming a plane-strain condition. It is implicitly assumed that the slip surface is infinitely wide, and thus three-dimensional (3D) end effects are negligible because of the infinite width of the slide mass. The majority of work on this subject suggests that the 2D factor of safety is conservative (i.e. lower than the ‘true’ 3D factor of safety). Recently, the 3D finite element method (FEM) became more attractive due to the progress of computational tools including the computer hardware and software. This paper presents the numerical analyses on rotational mode and translational mode slopes using the 2D and 3D FEM as well as 2D limit equilibrium methods (LEM). The results of the parametric study on the slope stability due to mesh size, dilatency angle, boundary conditions, stress history and model dimensions change are analysed. The analysis showed that the factor of safety in 3D analysis is always higher than that in the 2D analysis and the discrepancy of the slope width in W direction on the factor of safety is ignored if the roller type of W direction conditions is applied.

Keywords
3D finite element analysis
Factor of safety
Dilatency angle
Strength reduction method
3D end effects

지반공학에서 평면변형율을 가정하는 2차원 사면안정해석은 일반적으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 이 가정은 사면활동이 넓은 영역에 걸쳐서 발생되는 가정이므로 3차원 효과가 무시된다. 대다수 연구에서 2차원해석의 최소안전율값은 3차원해석에 비하여 작게 평가되는 보수적인 결과를 나타낸다. 최근에는 컴퓨터의 소프트웨어와 하드웨어를 포함한 해석방법의 발달로 3차원해석에 대한 요구가 커지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 원호모드, 병진모드사면을 이용하여 유한요소에 의한 2, 3차원해석 및 2차원 한계평형해석을 통하여 수치해석을 실시하였다. 해석결과 매개변수(요소망크기, 체적팽창각(dilatency angle), 경계조건, 응력이력, 모델차원)에 따른 사면안정해석에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 해석결과 2차원 해석보다 3차원 해석에 의한 사면의 안전율 값은 항상 크게 평가되며, W 뱡향 경계조건이 롤러지지인 경우, 사면폭에 의한 결과 차이는 없는 것으로 조사되었다.

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  • Publisher :Korean Geosythetics Society
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지반신소재학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반신소재학회 논문집
  • Volume : 15
  • No :4
  • Pages :25-32
  • Received Date : 2016-07-21
  • Revised Date : 2016-11-02
  • Accepted Date : 2016-12-04
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.12814/jkgss.2016.15.4.025
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