Numerical modelling of a slope stability test by means of porous media mechanics

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-266

  Sanavia, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Modelling; Porous materials

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DRUCKER-PRAGER YIELD SURFACE; DRY AIR; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ELASTO-PLASTIC; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FAILURE ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FULLY-COUPLED; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GAS FLOWS; GAS PRESSURES; GASPHASE; GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; IDEAL GAS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LABORATORY TEST; LOCAL FAILURE; MULTI-PHYSICS; MULTIPHASE MODEL; MULTIPHASE POROUS MEDIA; NONISOTHERMAL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHASE CHANGE; POROUS MEDIA; QUASI-STATIC LOADING; SLOPE FAILURE; SMALL STRAINS; SOLID DISPLACEMENTS; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; UNSATURATED CONDITION; WATER VAPOUR;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SLOPE PROTECTION;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 74549176716     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400910943608     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Alonso, E.E., Gens, A. and Josa, A. (1990), "A constitutive model for partially saturated soils", Géotechnique, Vol.40, pp. 403-430
2. Bertrand, F. and Laloui, L. (2008), "ACMEG-TS: a constitutive model for unsaturated soils under non-isothermal conditions", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol.32 No.16, pp. 1955-1988, doi: 10.1002/nag.712.
3. Bolton, M.D., Take,W.A.,Wong, P.C.P. and Yeung, F.J. (2003), "Mechanisms of failure in fill slopes after intense rainfall", Keynote paper, International Conference on Slope Engineering, Hong Kong, p. 125.
4. Bolzon, G., Schrefler, B.A. and Zienkiewicz, O.C. (1996), "Elastoplastic soil constitutive laws generalized to partially saturated states", Géotechnique, Vol.46, pp. 279-289
5. Borja, R.J. (2004), "Cam-clay plasticity. Part V: a mathematical framework for three-phase deformation and strain localisation analyses of partially saturated porous media", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.193, pp. 5301-5338
6. Cascini, L., Sorbino, G. and Cuomo, S. (2005), "Flow-like mass movements in pyroclastic soils: remarks on the modeling of triggering mechanisms", Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, Vol.4, pp. 11-31.
7. Dikau, R., Brundsen, D., Schrott, L. and Ibses, M.L. (1996), Landslide Recognition, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, ISBN: 978-0-471-96477-3.
8. Ehlers, W. and Volk, W. (1999), "Localization phenomena in liquid-saturated and empty porous solids", Transport in Porous Media, Vol.34, pp. 159-177 (Pubitemid 29384657)
9. Ehlers, W., Graf, T. and Ammann, M. (2004), "Deformation and localization analysis in partially saturated soil", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.193, pp. 2885-2910
10. Fernandez Merodo, J.A., Pastor, M., Mira, P., Tonni, L., Herreros, M.I., Gonzalez, E. and Tamagnini, R. (2004), "Modelling of diffuse failure mechanisms of catastrophic landslides", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol.193, pp. 2911-2939
11. Gawin, D., Baggio, P. and Schrefler, B.A. (1995), "Coupled heat, water and gas flow in deformable porous media", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol.20 No.7, pp. 967-987
12. Gray, W.G. and Hassanizadeh, M. (1991), "Unsaturated flow theory including interfacial phenomena", Water Resources Research, Vol.27 No.8, pp. 1855-1863
13. Gray, W.G. and Schrefler, B.A. (2001), "Thermodynamic approach to effective stress in partially saturated porous media", The European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, Vol.20, pp. 521-538
14. Hassanizadeh, M. and Gray, W.G. (1979a), "General conservation equations for multi-phase system: 1. Averaging technique", Advanced Water Resources, Vol.2, pp. 131-144
15. Hassanizadeh, M. and Gray, W.G. (1979b), "General conservation equations for multi-phase system: 2. Mass, momenta, energy and entropy equations", Advanced Water Resources, Vol.2, pp. 191-201.
16. Hassanizadeh, M. and Gray, W.G. (1980), "General conservation equations for multi-phase system: 3. constitutive theory for porous media flow", Advanced Water Resources, Vol.3, pp. 25-40.
17. Hendron, A.J. and Patton, F.D. (1985), "The Vaiont slide, a geotechnical analysis based on new geologic observations of the failure surface", Technical Report GL-85-5, Vol.I, Department of the Army US Corps of Engineers,Washington, DC.
18. Klubertanz, G. (1999), "Zur hydromechanischen Kopplung in dreiphasigen porsen Medien", PhD thesis n. 2027. Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne, Lausanne.
19. Klubertanz, G., Bouchelaghem, F., Laloui, L. and Vulliet, L. (2003), "Miscible and immiscible multiphase flow in deformable porous media", Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol.37, pp. 571-582
20. Lewis, R.W. and Schrefler, B.A. (1987), The Finite Element Method in the Deformation and Consolidation of Porous Media, 1st ed.,Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
21. Lewis, R.W. and Schrefler, B.A. (1998), The Finite Element Method in the Static and Dynamic Deformation and Consolidation of Porous Media, JohnWiley & Sons, Chichester.
22. Nuth, M. and Laloui, L. (2008), "Effective stress concept in unsaturated soils: clarification and validation of a unified approach", International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol 32 No.7, pp. 771-801, doi:10.1002/nag.645. (Pubitemid 351712242)
23. Pastor, M., Fernandez Merodo, J.A., Gonzalez, E., Mira, P., Li, T. and Liu, X. (2004a), "Modelling of landslides: (I) failure mechanisms", in Darve, F. and Vardoulakis, I. (Eds), Degradations and Instabilities in Geomaterials, CISM Courses and Lectures No. 461, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
24. Pastor, M., Quecedo, M., Gonzalez, E., Herreros, M.I., Fernandez Merodo, J.A. and Mira, P. (2004b), "Modelling of landslides: (II) propagation", in Darve, F. and Vardoulakis, I. (Eds), Degradations and Instabilities in Geomaterials, CISM Courses and Lectures No. 461, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
25. Pastor, M., Quecedo, M., Gonzalez, E., Herreros, M.I., Fernandez Merodo, J.A. and Mira, P. (2004c), "Numerical modelling of the propagation of fast landslides using the finite element method", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol.59, pp. 755-794
26. Sanavia, L. and Schrefler, B.A. (2005), "Finite element analysis of the initiation of landslides with a multiphase model", Proceedings, 3rd Biot Conference on Poromechanics, in Abousleiman, Y., Cheng, A.H.-D. and Ulm, F.-J. (Eds), Poromechanics III-Biot Centennial (1905-2005), A.A. Balkema, Leidon/London/NY/Philadelphia/Singapore, pp. 397-402.
27. Sanavia, L., Pesavento, F. and Schrefler, B.A. (2006), "Finite element analysis of non-isothermal multiphase geomaterials with application to strain localisation simulation", Computational Mechanics, Vol.37, pp. 331-348
28. Sanavia, L., Schrefler, B.A. and Steinmann, P. (2002), "A formulation for an unsaturated porous medium undergoing large inelastic strains", Computational Mechanics, Vol.28, pp. 137-151
29. Schrefler, B.A. (1984), "The finite element method in soil consolidation (with applications to surface subsidence)", PhD thesis, C/Ph/76/84, University College of Swansea, Swansea.
30. Schrefler, B.A. (2002), "Mechanics and thermodynamics of saturated-unsaturated porous materials and quantitative solutions", Applied Mechanics Review, Vol.55 No.4, pp. 351-388
31. Schrefler, B.A., Simoni, L., Li, X. and Zienkiewicz, O.C. (1990), "Mechanics of partially saturated porous media", in Desai, C.S. and Gioda, G. (Eds), Numerical Methods and Constitutive Modelling in Geomechanics, CISM Courses and Lectures No 311, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, pp. 169-209.
32. Tacher, L., Bonnard, C., Laloui, L. and Parriaux, A. (2005), "Modelling the behaviour of a large landslide with respect to hydrogeological and geomechanical parameter hererogeneity", Landslides, Vol.2, pp. 3-14.
33. Tika, T.E. and Hutchinson, J.N. (1999), "Ring shear testes on soil from the Vaiont landslide slip surface", Géotechnique, Vol.49 No.1, pp. 59-74.
34. Zhang, H.W., Sanavia, L. and Schrefler, B.A. (1999), "An internal length scale in dynamic strain localisation of multiphase porous media", Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional Materials, Vol.4, pp. 443-460
35. Zhang, H.W., Sanavia, L. and Schrefler, B.A. (2000), "Numerical analysis of dynamic strain localisation in initially water saturated dense sand with a modified generalised plasticity model", Computers and Structures, Vol.79, pp. 441-459
36. Zhang, H.W., Qin, J.M., Sanavia, L. and Schrefler, B.A. (2007), "Some theoretical aspects of strain localization analysis of multiphase porous media with regularized constitutive models", Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Vol.14 No.2, pp. 107-130
37. Zienkiewicz, O.C., Chan, A., Pastor, M., Schrefler, B.A. and Shiomi, T. (1999), Computational Geomechanics with special Reference to Earthquake Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.