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Delayed failure of quarry slopes in stiff clays / P. Lollino in Géotechnique, Vol. 61 N° 10 (Octobre 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 10 (Octobre 2010) . - pp. 861-874 Titre : Delayed failure of quarry slopes in stiff clays : the case of the Lucera landslide Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : P. Lollino, Auteur ; F. Santaloia, Auteur ; A. Amorosi, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 861-874 Note générale : Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Numerical  modelling  Clays  Landslides  Pore  pressures Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : This paper concerns the landslide process occurring on a cut slope in stiff clays located at the north of the town of Lucera in southern Italy. This unstable slope lies between a hospital at the top and an abandoned quarry at the toe: the quarry was active until the end of the 1970s. A first landslide occurred around 1980, and was characterised by a subsequent retrogressive evolution. This paper presents an interpretation of the slope failure mechanism based on the results of geomorphological studies, field monitoring, laboratory testing, and both limit equilibrium and coupled numerical analyses, these latter carried out with FLAC2D. In particular, the numerical analyses have been performed in order to interpret the evolution of the slope movements with time, and to assess the influence of the quarrying-induced excess pore pressures on the development of the failure process. The numerical results show that during the excavation stages the negative excess pore water pressures due to undrained unloading allowed for a temporary stability of the slope. The analyses also indicate that the process of pore pressure equalisation triggered the 1980 failure, and initiated the retrogressive evolution of the landslide. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.8.p.160 [article] Delayed failure of quarry slopes in stiff clays : the case of the Lucera landslide [texte imprimé] / P. Lollino, Auteur ; F. Santaloia, Auteur ; A. Amorosi, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 861-874. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 10 (Octobre 2010) . - pp. 861-874 Mots-clés : Numerical  modelling  Clays  Landslides  Pore  pressures Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : This paper concerns the landslide process occurring on a cut slope in stiff clays located at the north of the town of Lucera in southern Italy. This unstable slope lies between a hospital at the top and an abandoned quarry at the toe: the quarry was active until the end of the 1970s. A first landslide occurred around 1980, and was characterised by a subsequent retrogressive evolution. This paper presents an interpretation of the slope failure mechanism based on the results of geomorphological studies, field monitoring, laboratory testing, and both limit equilibrium and coupled numerical analyses, these latter carried out with FLAC2D. In particular, the numerical analyses have been performed in order to interpret the evolution of the slope movements with time, and to assess the influence of the quarrying-induced excess pore pressures on the development of the failure process. The numerical results show that during the excavation stages the negative excess pore water pressures due to undrained unloading allowed for a temporary stability of the slope. The analyses also indicate that the process of pore pressure equalisation triggered the 1980 failure, and initiated the retrogressive evolution of the landslide. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.8.p.160

Fully coupled dynamic analysis of an earth dam / G. Elia in Géotechnique, Vol. 61 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) . - pp. 549–563 Titre : Fully coupled dynamic analysis of an earth dam Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : G. Elia, Auteur ; A. Amorosi, Auteur ; A. H. C. Chan, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 549–563 Note générale : Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Dynamics  Dams  Earthquakes  Embankments  Constitutive  relations Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : The paper studies the seismic behaviour of an existing homogeneous earth dam using a fully coupled finite-element effective stress approach in conjunction with a recently developed multi-surface, elasto-plastic constitutive model for structured soils. The model is calibrated using laboratory test results for the embankment material and the foundation soils. The initial state variables (stress, hardening parameters) are determined by simulating a simplified geological history of the foundation soil, dam construction stages and reservoir impounding, prior to the application of the earthquake shaking at the bedrock level. The paper critically reviews the role of the constitutive model parameters, the hysteretic damping introduced by the model and the additional viscous damping parameters in the accumulation of permanent displacements and in the development and subsequent dissipation of excess pore water pressures due to the seismic loading. The analyses, carried out with reference to a set of earthquake records related to different return periods, show that the overall behaviour of the system in terms of displacements is characterised by a more enhanced deformation pattern of the downstream slope as compared with the upstream one. The large plastic strains accumulation induced throughout the shaking is followed by the development of excess pore water pressures inside the dam and the foundation deposit. Nonetheless, the results are indicative of a satisfactory dynamic performance of the dam, even when subjected to severe seismic loading conditions. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.8.p.028 [article] Fully coupled dynamic analysis of an earth dam [texte imprimé] / G. Elia, Auteur ; A. Amorosi, Auteur ; A. H. C. Chan, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 549–563. Génie Civil Langues : Anglais (eng) in Géotechnique > Vol. 61 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) . - pp. 549–563 Mots-clés : Dynamics  Dams  Earthquakes  Embankments  Constitutive  relations Index. décimale : 624 Constructions du génie civil et du bâtiment. Infrastructures. Ouvrages en terres. Fondations. Tunnels. Ponts et charpentes Résumé : The paper studies the seismic behaviour of an existing homogeneous earth dam using a fully coupled finite-element effective stress approach in conjunction with a recently developed multi-surface, elasto-plastic constitutive model for structured soils. The model is calibrated using laboratory test results for the embankment material and the foundation soils. The initial state variables (stress, hardening parameters) are determined by simulating a simplified geological history of the foundation soil, dam construction stages and reservoir impounding, prior to the application of the earthquake shaking at the bedrock level. The paper critically reviews the role of the constitutive model parameters, the hysteretic damping introduced by the model and the additional viscous damping parameters in the accumulation of permanent displacements and in the development and subsequent dissipation of excess pore water pressures due to the seismic loading. The analyses, carried out with reference to a set of earthquake records related to different return periods, show that the overall behaviour of the system in terms of displacements is characterised by a more enhanced deformation pattern of the downstream slope as compared with the upstream one. The large plastic strains accumulation induced throughout the shaking is followed by the development of excess pore water pressures inside the dam and the foundation deposit. Nonetheless, the results are indicative of a satisfactory dynamic performance of the dam, even when subjected to severe seismic loading conditions. DEWEY : 624.15 ISSN : 0016-8505 En ligne : http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/geot.8.p.028