Evaluation of the stability of anchor-reinforced slopes(预应力锚杆边坡稳定性评价).pdfVIP

1342 Evaluation of the stability of anchor-reinforced slopes D.Y. Zhu, C.F. Lee, D.H. Chan, and H.D. Jiang Abstract: The conventional methods of slices are commonly used for the analysis of slope stability. When anchor loads are involved, they are often treated as point loads, which may lead to abrupt changes in the normal stress distri- bution on the potential slip surface. As such abrupt changes are not reasonable and do not reflect reality in the field, an alternative approach based on the limit equilibrium principle is proposed for the evaluation of the stability of anchor-reinforced slopes. With this approach, the normal stress distribution over the slip surface before the application of the anchor (i.e., σ0) is computed by the conventional, rigorous methods of slices, and the normal stress on the slip surface purely induced by the anchor load (i.e., λp σp , where λp is the load factor) is taken as the analytical elastic stress distribution in an infinite wedge approximating the slope geometry, with the anchor load acting on the apex. Then the normal stress on the slip surface for the anchor-reinforced slope is assumed to be the linear combination of these two normal stresses involving two auxiliary unknowns, η and η ; that is, σ = η σ + η λ σ . Simultaneously 1 2 1 0 2 p p solving the horizontal force, the vertical force, and the moment equilibrium equations f