Numerical Study on Delayed Failure of Gentle Sloping Ground
Numerical Study on Delayed Failure of Gentle Sloping Ground
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缓坡地基延迟破坏数值研究
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-11898-2_118
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发表时间:
2022
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Susumu Iai & Masyhur Irsyam
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Tetsuo Tobita;Hitomi Onishi;Susumu Iai & Masyhur Irsyam
The 2018 Sulawesi, Indonesia, earthquake (Mw7.5) triggered massive flow slide on very gentle slopes of 1% to 5%. Thousands of casualties and missing persons were reported due to such unprecedented disaster. Although detailed mechanism of the flow has yet been speculative, liquefaction is identified as a possible suspect. In the present study, cause of such a flow slide is numerically investigated using a 2D finite element method by simulating the dynamic behavior of the 30 m thick and 200 m long gentle sloping ground (slope angle 2°) of alternating silt and sand layers with the recorded acceleration as an input motion. Flow slide was simulated by varying the permeability of silt (5 m thick) located on top of the saturated loose sand (5 m thick). When the permeability of silt (ksilt= 1 × 10–6m/s) is set lower than that of the saturated loose sand (ksand= 1 × 10–4m/s), the surface layer above the boundary between the silt and sand starts to flow long after the ground shaking ended. In total 1,000 s of simulation, the ground displacement of about 40 m was obtained. Close observation at the boundary elements revealed that the excess porewater pressure is gradually increasing in the silt layer while that in the liquefied layer dissipates. Mechanism of this type of failure has been studied as the void redistribution mechanism during liquefaction or the formation of water film, which may cause delayed failure of the gentle sloping ground. Although this study successfully simulates the delayed failure in 2D model, there is room for further research into seeking causes of the flow slides occurred in specific areas in Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia.