Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China
The Zhenggang landslide is an ancient complex landslide located at southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Due to intensive rainfalls in 2008 and heavy snowfalls in 2009, the Zhenggang landslide exhibited a high probability of reactivation once again. In this study, geological structure, matter feature...
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| description | The Zhenggang landslide is an ancient complex landslide located at southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Due to intensive rainfalls in 2008 and heavy snowfalls in 2009, the Zhenggang landslide exhibited a high probability of reactivation once again. In this study, geological structure, matter features, and macrodeformations of the Zhenggang landslide (including Zone I and Zone II) were investigated for uncovering its formation mechanism and evolution tendency first, and then the stability and failure mechanism analyses of the Zhenggang landslide were conducted in detail by a combined limit equilibrium and finite element analysis method. Results of geological investigations indicate that the Zhenggang landslide has undergone sliding several times and is in a metastable state now. The distribution of the activity of the landslide is a retrogressive landslide in Zone I but an advancing landslide in Zone II. Such conclusions are further proved by the numerical stability and failure analyses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6293512ecd614de59ff103d5b9ac26c62025-02-03T01:27:30ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942018-01-01201810.1155/2018/61284016128401Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern ChinaShengnian Wang0Weiya Xu1Jinyuan Liu2College of Transportation Science & Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, ChinaInstitute of Geotechnical Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, ChinaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, CanadaThe Zhenggang landslide is an ancient complex landslide located at southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Due to intensive rainfalls in 2008 and heavy snowfalls in 2009, the Zhenggang landslide exhibited a high probability of reactivation once again. In this study, geological structure, matter features, and macrodeformations of the Zhenggang landslide (including Zone I and Zone II) were investigated for uncovering its formation mechanism and evolution tendency first, and then the stability and failure mechanism analyses of the Zhenggang landslide were conducted in detail by a combined limit equilibrium and finite element analysis method. Results of geological investigations indicate that the Zhenggang landslide has undergone sliding several times and is in a metastable state now. The distribution of the activity of the landslide is a retrogressive landslide in Zone I but an advancing landslide in Zone II. Such conclusions are further proved by the numerical stability and failure analyses.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6128401 |
| spellingShingle | Shengnian Wang Weiya Xu Jinyuan Liu Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China Advances in Civil Engineering |
| title | Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China |
| title_full | Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China |
| title_fullStr | Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China |
| title_short | Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China |
| title_sort | stability and failure mechanism analyses of the zhenggang landslide in southwestern china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6128401 |
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