Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
27 May 2010, 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm
Abstract
Earthen slopes experience considerable degradation in strength and stiffness during seismic activities. Past earthquakes have revealed the development of landslide and permanent movement of earth mass towards downstream. In this paper, a finite element analysis using GEOSLOPE on earthen slopes under static and dynamic loading due to earthquake has been carried out. The earthen slope is idealized as a plane strain two-dimensional model and base acceleration in the form of typical earthquake motion is represented as external loading. The performance of the slope including the stresses and displacements are analyzed. Further, the focus is on the determination of permanent displacement using Newmark’s sliding block model including parametric studies for both static and dynamic cases.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Bhat, Govardhan; Saxena, Navjeev; and Prasad, S. K., "Static and Dynamic Behavior of Earthen Slopes in the Region of Uttarkashi, India" (2010). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 36.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/05icrageesd/session04b/36
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Static and Dynamic Behavior of Earthen Slopes in the Region of Uttarkashi, India
San Diego, California
Earthen slopes experience considerable degradation in strength and stiffness during seismic activities. Past earthquakes have revealed the development of landslide and permanent movement of earth mass towards downstream. In this paper, a finite element analysis using GEOSLOPE on earthen slopes under static and dynamic loading due to earthquake has been carried out. The earthen slope is idealized as a plane strain two-dimensional model and base acceleration in the form of typical earthquake motion is represented as external loading. The performance of the slope including the stresses and displacements are analyzed. Further, the focus is on the determination of permanent displacement using Newmark’s sliding block model including parametric studies for both static and dynamic cases.
