路堤震害风险概率评价与管理研究

 路堤震害在破坏性地震中十分普遍,开展路堤震害风险概率评价并提出合理的震害风险管理方法对提高公路抗震能力和区域防灾减灾能力具有重要意义。进行路堤震害等级划分,选取路堤震害损伤参数,建立路堤震害等级与震害损伤参数的对应关系;以连霍高速公路西宝段K1125+470处路堤为例开展基于CPSHA的公路地震危险性评价,基于IDA和PSDA的路堤震害易损性评价以及基于危险性曲线的路堤震害风险概率评价;在明确路堤震害风险可接受度的基础上提出路堤震害风险管理方法,验证挡土墙对提高路堤抗震性能的积极作用。研究结果表明：连霍高速公路西宝段地震危险性评价结果比第四代地震区划图略高,这与目前渭河断陷盆地地震活跃的现实是一致的;PGA(PGA为地震动峰值加速度)达到0.6 g时,路堤超越严重损伤的概率为65.910%,达到0.8 g时,超越严重损伤的概率为99.995%,说明路堤震害易损性较高;路堤未来50 a超越严重损伤的风险概率为36.46%,发生基本完好和轻微损伤的风险概率为28.49%;以路堤未来50 a发生毁坏的风险概率40%为风险可接受度,路堤震害风险管理方法适用于新建路堤的抗震设计和已建路堤的抗震加固;未来50 a有挡土墙路堤超越严重损伤的风险概率比无挡土墙路堤低15.29%,发生基本完好和轻微损伤的风险概率比无挡土墙路堤高15.62%。     

3D numerical study of the performance of geosynthetic-reinforced and pile-supported embankments

Geosynthetic-reinforced and pile-supported (GRPS) systems provide an economic and effective solution for embankments. The load transfer mechanisms are tridimensional ones and depend on the interaction between linked elements, such as piles, soil, and geosynthetics. This paper presents an extensive parametric study using three-dimensional numerical calculations for geosynthetic-reinforced and pile-supported embankments. The numerical analysis is conducted for both cohesive and non-cohesive embankment soils to emphasize the fill soil cohesion effect on the load and settlement efficacy of GRPS embankments. The influence of the embankment height, soft ground elastic modulus, improvement area ratio, geosynthetic tensile stiffness and fill soil properties are also investigated on the arching efficacy, GR membrane efficacy, differential settlement, geosynthetic tension, and settlement reduction performance. The numerical results indicated that the GRPS system shows a good performance for reducing the embankment settlements. The ratio of the embankment height to the pile spacing, subsoil stiffness, and fill soil properties are the most important design parameters to be considered in a GRPS design. The results also suggested that the fill soil cohesion strengthens the soil arching effect, and increases the loading efficacy. However, the soil arching mobilization is not necessarily at the peak state but could be reached at the critical state. Finally, the geosynthetic strains are not uniform along the geosynthetic, and the maximum geosynthetic strain occurs at the pile edge. The geosynthetic deformed shape is a curve that is closer to a circular shape than a parabolic one.     

软土地基加筋石灰土路堤离心模型试验数值模拟

 建立以离心试验几何尺寸的有限元数值模型,模拟变加速度加载下软土地基加筋石灰土路堤中的位移、土压力、孔隙水压力和加筋拉力随时间的变化规律,并与离心模型试验结果进行比较;同时,采用该数值模型计算了不加筋、加1,2层筋时路堤和地基位移情况。计算结果表明,加筋路堤沉降量、土压力、孔隙水压力和加筋拉力的计算值与离心试验实测值吻合很好或基本一致,表明该数值模型是合理的;不加筋路堤的中心沉降量和坡脚下地基水平位移比加1层筋时明显大一些,两者在加速度为100.0 g时地面坡脚处的水平位移差值达近2 mm,而加2层筋时位移与加1层筋接近。     

Field study on swelling-shrinkage response of an expansive soil foundation under high-speed railway embankment loads

This paper presents a comprehensive field investigation of the swelling-shrinkage behavior of an expansive soil ground under high-speed railway embankment loads. In this study, a test site close to the Kunming-Nanning high-speed railway (KNHR) was chosen for the construction of four full-scale field test facilities for artificially soaking the expansive soil ground. Three of the facilities consist of embankments of three different heights, while the fourth facility is for a series of plate load swelling tests. All the test embankments were fully instrumented to monitor the ground deformation and the changes in volumetric water content profiles of the foundations. The full-scale field tests were complemented by a detailed site investigation comprised of cone penetration tests (CPTs), standard penetration tests (SPTs) and a comprehensive laboratory characterization of intact expansive soil samples retrieved from the test site. The results obtained from the laboratory and field tests show that the swelling behavior of the expansive soil ground mainly depends on the embankment load. By properly designing the embankment height and considering the maximum swelling pressure the expansive ground could induce, the heave of the embankment could be controlled efficiently. The measured displacements at the ground surface are well correlated with the evolution of measured volumetric water contents within a ground depth of around 4.5?m. The majority of these displacements occurred when the ground was approaching saturation along both wetting and drying paths. Finally, a simple method based on one-dimensional test results was proposed, and a good performance was shown in predicting the heave or settlement of embankments over an expansive soil ground upon wetting and drying.     

Performance-based seismic fragility analysis of retaining walls based on the probability density evolution method

Seismic fragility analysis is an efficient way to study the seismic behaviour and performance of structures under the excitation of earthquakes of varying intensity, and an essential part of the seismic risk assessment of structures. A recently developed dynamic reliability methodology, the probability density evolution method (PDEM), is proposed for the dynamic reliability and seismic fragility analysis of a retaining wall. The PDEM can obtain an instantaneous probability density function of the seismic responses and easily acquire the seismic reliability of the structural system. An important advantage of the PDEM is its high efficiency relative to that of the Monte Carlo simulation method, which is often used in the reliability and fragility analysis of structures. The present study uses a typical gravity retaining wall to illustrate stochastic seismic responses and fragility curves that can be obtained by the PDEM. The combined uncertainties of the seismic force and soil properties are explicitly and systematically modelled by stochastic ground motions and random variables respectively. The performance of the retaining wall is analysed for different acceptable levels of backfill settlement. Additionally, seismic fragility curves are constructed without assuming the distribution of the seismic response.     

Seismic stability of embankments subjected to pre-deformation due to foundation consolidation

It has been reported that the major cause of earthquake damage to embankments on level ground surfaces is liquefaction of foundation soil. A few case histories, however, suggest that river levees resting on non-liquefiable foundation soil have been severely damaged if the foundation soil is highly compressible, such as thick soft clay and peat deposits. A large number of such river levees were severely damaged by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake. A detailed inspection of the dissected damaged levees revealed that the base of the levees subsided in a bowl shape due to foundation consolidation. The liquefaction of a saturated zone, formed at the embankment base, is considered the prime cause of the damage. The deformation of the levees, due to the foundation consolidation which may have resulted in a reduction in stress and the degradation of soil density, is surmised to have contributed as an underlying mechanism. In this study, a series of centrifuge tests is conducted to experimentally verify the effects of the thickness of the saturated zone in embankments and of the foundation consolidation on the seismic damage to embankments. It is found that the thickness of the saturated zone in embankments and the drainage boundary conditions of the zone have a significant effect on the deformation of the embankments during shaking. For an embankment on a soft clay deposit, horizontal tensile strain as high as 6% was observed at the zone above the embankment base and horizontal stress was approximately half that of the embankment on stiff foundation soil. Crest settlement and the deformation of the embankment during shaking were larger for the embankment subjected to deformation due to foundation consolidation.     

Modelling of geosynthetic-reinforced column-supported embankments using 2D full-width model and modified unit cell approach

Soil-cement deep mixing (DM) columns combined with geosynthetic basal reinforcement are an accepted technique in geotechnical engineering to construct road and railway embankments over soft foundations. Both full-width and unit cell models have been used to numerically simulate the performance of geosynthetic-reinforced and column-supported (GRCS) embankments. However, the typical unit cell model with horizontally fixed side boundaries cannot simulate the lateral spreading of the embankment fill and foundation soil. As a result, the calculated reinforcement tensile loads using typical unit cell models are much less than those from matching full-width models. The paper first examines GRCS embankments using a full-width model with small- and large-strain modes in FLAC and then compares the calculated results from the full-width model with those using a typical unit cell model, a recently proposed modified unit cell model, and a closed-form solution. The paper also examines the influence of the soft foundation soil modulus, reinforcement tensile stiffness, and DM column modulus on the reinforcement tensile loads. Numerical analyses show that the reinforcement tensile loads from the modified unit cell model are in good agreement with those from the full-width model for zones under the embankment crest for all cases and conditions examined in the paper. Both the full-width model and modified unit cell model perform better than the typical unit cell model for the prediction of the reinforcement tensile load when compared to the closed-form solution. However, while the modified unit cell developed by the writers is shown to be more accurate than the typical unit cell when predictions are compared to results using full-width numerical simulations, the benefit of using this approach to reduce computation times may be limited in practice.     

改良膨胀土填料的综合试验

从室内配比试验、填筑试验、质量检测、动态试验及变形观测等角度对膨胀土改良后作为路堤填料的适宜性进行了系统研究。对膨胀土改良后作填料的的设计、填筑施工及质量检测方法、标准提出了建议。通过近4年的开通运营证明合宁铁路膨胀土地区采用改良后的膨胀土作为路堤填料是成功的。     

A Study to Evaluate the Seismic Response of Road Embankments

A crucial matter related to roads in seismic areas is to ensure viability during the post-seismic stages, especially if the road represents an important or unique way to reach towns that may be potentially hit by strong earthquakes. Verification of road viability under seismic actions requires not only safety assessment of the failure mechanisms which may jeopardize single road components (embankment, viaduct, bridge, etc.) but also evaluation of performance. Viability of a road may be compromised by an unsatisfactory response of road embankments. The vehicle flux may be, in fact, inhibited or reduced if a road embankment suffers global instability mechanisms or significant permanent displacements mainly at the contact with structural elements (e.g., viaducts, bridges) that do not move significantly. In this case the embankment permanent displacements turn out into steps or separations. The paper accounts for the different stages followed to study the seismic performance of the road embankments located along a sample road branch of about 5 km. Preliminary activities consisted in characterizing the geological area of the sample road, in selecting the potentially vulnerable embankments and in carrying out in-situ investigations to properly characterize the physical and mechanical properties of the embankments and foundation soils. A seismological study of the sample area was performed in order to characterize the reference seismic actions needed for the numerical analyses. The seismic response of the embankments was evaluated by a pseudo-dynamic approach and an advanced dynamic model. In the latter, the equations describing dynamic equilibrium and compatibility were merged with an elastoplastic combined-hardening constitutive law that properly models soil response under cyclic loads. The embankment's seismic performance was predicted in terms of permanent settlements at the embankment top surface versus the peak acceleration of the reference input motions.     

Effect of the inelastic dynamic soil-structure interaction on the seismic vulnerability assessment

This paper presents a study of the influence of inelastic dynamic soil-structure interaction (DSSI) on the seismic vulnerability assessment of buildings. The seismic vulnerability is evaluated in terms of analytical fragility curves constructed on the basis of non-linear dynamic finite elements (FE) analysis. An analytical sensibility strategy is introduced in order to define a suitable size of the motion database to be used for computing fragility curves. The fragility curves developed in this study are compared with reference curves. Concerning the effect of the inelastic DSSI, a general reduction of seismic demand when DSSI phenomena are included is found. Derived fragility curve reflects this seismic demand reduction. The importance of the ground motion database is highlighted in terms of the variability of parameters describing derived fragility curves. Comparison with reference curves are satisfactory. Findings illustrate clearly the importance and the advantages of an adequate DSSI effects evaluation.     

Investigating the effect of geogrid on stabilization of high railway embankments

This paper investigates the effect of geogrid on controlling the stability and settlement of high railway embankments using laboratory testing and finite element modeling. To do this, five series of embankments with 50?cm height were constructed, at a scale of 1:20 and then were uniformly loaded on the crest in a loading chamber in dimensions of 240?×?235?×?220?cm. In this regard, the embankments of the first series were constructed without geogrid reinforcing layers. Following to preliminary numerical simulations for determining the appropriate level of geogrid layers installation, the second to fifth series of embankments were constructed. These embankments were reinforced with one to four layers of geogrid respectively and finally, the results of their load in terms of settlements were compared. In these studies, the reinforced embankments with a single geogrid layer had 7.14% raise in bearing capacity and 11.24% reduction in settlement respectively, in comparison with the unreinforced embankment. The obtained results for the third to fifth series of embankments were respectively in order of (19, 36.14), (26.3, 52.8) and (28.9, 53.42)%. In the next stage, by modeling the embankments in the PLAXIS 2D software, the results were validated by the values obtained through laboratory models. In continuation of the study, real embankments with heights of 5, 10, 15, and 20?m were simulated and placed under LM71 loading pattern (Eurocode, 2003). In this respect, the impact of important effective parameters such as number of geogrid layer, soil characteristics, embankment dimensions, interface coefficient between soil and geogrid and tensile strength of geogrid on bearing capacity and settlement have been studied. The numerical results like the experimental ones, confirmed the increase in bearing capacity and settlement diminishing with definite increase in the geogrid layers, so that more geogrid layers do not affect these parameters. With respect to improving the soil characteristics and reducing the height of embankments, the FEM models showed decreasing effect of geogrid tensile strength on embankment crest settlement. On the other side, the value of geogrid-soil interface coefficient has minor effect on both settlement and sliding safety factor.     

基于地震变形易损性的高土石坝抗震安全分析

基于性能的地震易损性分析可有效估计地震作用下结构损害,是抗震安全评估的重要方法之一。以坝顶沉降最大值和坝顶横向水平位移最大值为性能参数,通过考虑坝址区域地震情况确定输入地震动数量,并提出采用性能参数突变点确定性能水平。首先,根据糯扎渡高土石坝坝址区域地震情况合理确定输入地震动数量,并采用改进PZC弹塑性模型和动力固结有限元程序SWANDYNE II进行高土石坝动力分析。以坝顶沉降最大值和坝顶横向水平位移最大值作为性能参数,通过对60条地震动的动力分析,确定性能水平。然后采用弹塑性模型-非线性方法进行动力分析,结合MSA方法得到各性能参数地震易损性曲线。通过分析性能参数平均值和标准差的变异系数与地震动数量的关系,确定地震动数量超过30条时,性能参数的平均值和标准差的变异系数基本不发生波动。最后,以地震易损性和地震危险性曲线确定糯扎渡高土石坝的抗震安全性,成果可为高土石坝抗震性能研究提供依据。     

Construction and field measurement of high-speed railway test embankment built on Indian expansive soil “Black Cotton Soil”

The railway embankment applied to high-speed railways is required to have high performance in terms of strength and deformation characteristics. Especially in the case of railway embankments that support slab tracks, the allowable settlement is very small. There are two technical challenges in constructing high-speed rail embankments to support slab tracks in India. The first challenge is dealing with problematic black cotton soil (BCS), which is widely distributed in India but very unusual soil in Japan. The second challenge is posed by the strict deformation requirement in the construction of the embankments. In this study, a 6 m-high test embankment was constructed on BCS in India. The deformation of the embankment and changes in water content were measured over a period of 18 months. In the construction of the test embankment, two different BCS countermeasures were applied. The results of the tests on this embankment were compared with those from an embankment without countermeasures. Complicated deformation behaviors, including settlement and the uplift of embankment, were observed in the section without countermeasure. However, in the embankment with cement-mixed gravelly soil (CGS) slab improvement with geosynthetics, the much lower amplitude of embankment deformation is evidence of the effectiveness of this countermeasure. The cohesive non-swelling soil (CNS) layer applied immediately below the embankment to reduce the water content fluctuation of BCS was not effective enough for use for high-speed railway embankment. Besides determining the technical challenges for the BCS countermeasures, the results of this study confirmed that a high-performance embankment can be constructed with Indian embankment material by performing sufficient compaction management.     

Experimental study of embankments with different reinforcement materials and spacing between layers

Worldwide, waste tires are being discarded in landfills at a huge environmental cost, therefore, their use as a three-dimensional reinforcement material is a wise solution to reduce their environmental impact, and fire risk in the case of shredded tires. In this research a series of experimental model tests of embankments reinforced with Geocell and tires were conducted to compare the performance of these types of reinforcement. The models tested had different Geocell embedment depths, number of Geocell layers, vertical spacing between Geocell layers and density or soil stiffness. Testing consisted of applying pressure at the crest of the embankment and monitoring the pressure distribution, as well as the vertical and horizontal deformations inside of the embankment. The results suggested that when compared with unreinforced embankments, reinforced embankments effectively improve the bearing capacity, thereby, reducing vertical and lateral displacements. This study also showed that an optimal embedment depth and spacing between Geocell reinforcement layers can further improve the slope performance. Comparisons between Geocell reinforced embankments and waste tire reinforced embankments, showed that waste tire reinforcement has a superior performance over the Geocell-reinforced embankments. This difference in performance between the two types of reinforcement is more apparent if the embankment backfill has lower stiffness. i.e. lower density.     

回填EPS混合土的防滑悬臂式挡墙地震稳定性分析

以一种带防滑齿的"T"型悬臂式挡土墙为对象,采用振动台模型试验揭示了分别回填EPS混合土和天然南京细砂时的挡墙地震稳定性特征。分析并比较了墙–土体系的地震反应以及墙背动土压力分布,重点讨论了试验的防滑悬臂式挡墙位移模式以及回填土性质对墙背动土推力的影响。试验结果表明,回填EPS混合土时,填土地表加速度反应相对更小。回填土的动土推力对墙体转动位移的贡献随激励峰值的增大而增大;墙–土惯性相互作用效应与回填土的动力变形模式密切相关。两种回填料下的墙背动土压力分布形态具有显著差异;砂土–挡墙体系的动土推力与地表峰值加速度间趋向非线性关系,作用点接近2/3墙高。回填EPS混合土时两者更接近线性关系,且动土推力作用点接近1/3墙高。两种体系的动土推力作用点随地表峰值加速度增大均略有下移。基于试验结果与几种经典的解析方法预测结果比较,给出了EPS混合土柔性挡墙抗震分析的几点建议。     

地震作用下饱和回填砂土重力式挡土结构滑动与转动位移分析

 预测地震作用下重力式挡土结构的位移是基于位移抗震设计方法的关键。基于Newmark滑动理论、超孔隙水压力应力模型和累积损伤原理,建立饱和回填砂土中超孔压比时程计算模型,以及墙体滑动和转动临界加速度时程计算模型。基于所建立的模型,提出用于计算饱和回填砂土重力式挡土结构滑动和转动位移的计算方法。采用该方法,分析土体参数和地震动参数对墙体滑动及转动位移的影响,并对墙体滑动与转动的耦合作用进行研究。结果表明,填土不发生液化的情况下,滑动位移对土体相对密度和墙体与地基土间的摩擦角十分敏感;转动位移对输入地震的震级、水平加速度和竖向加速度、填土的内摩擦角、墙背摩擦角和相对密度均较为敏感。超孔隙水压力对墙体滑动和转动位移的影响不可忽视。在地震作用下墙体与墙后填土破坏土楔体共同运动的假设条件下,墙体滑动与墙体转动相互抑制。     

A comprehensive method for analyzing the effect of geotextile layers on embankment stability

Commercial software is used widely in slope stability analyses of reinforced embankments. Almost all of these programs consider the tensile strength of geotextiles and soil–geotextile interface friction. However, currently available commercial software generally does not consider the drainage function of nonwoven geotextile reinforcement. In this paper, a reinforced channel embankment reinforced by a nonwoven geotextile is analyzed using two methods. The first method only considers the tensile strength and soil–geotextile interface friction. The second method also considers the drainage function. In both cases, the reinforced embankment is modeled in rapid drawdown condition since this is one of the most important conditions with regard to stability of channel embankments. It is shown that for this type of application, modeling a nonwoven geotextile reinforced embankment using commercial software which neglects the drainage function of the geotextile may be unrealistic.     

均质软土地基上土堤稳定性的极限分析方法

为评估均质软土地基上土堤的稳定性,假设地基土体沿圆弧形滑动面破坏,不排水抗剪强度随深度线性增加,并假设土堤材料沿对数螺旋线形滑动面破坏,采用黏聚力和内摩擦角描述其抗剪强度,基于上限定理,建立了一种稳定性分析方法,用于计算得到土堤的无量纲化的稳定数和稳定图,并确定土堤的最小安全系数和临界滑动面。采用本文方法对土堤失稳现场试验工程案例开展了计算分析,结果表明,所得到的最小安全系数与土堤的实测失稳条件吻合,最小安全系数与临界滑动面的计算结果也与变分极限平衡法和条分极限平衡法所得到的计算结果吻合良好。     

基于文献调研的我国建筑结构地震倒塌风险概率评估

基于文献调研,搜集和整理了我国近年来关于建筑结构地震倒塌易损性方面的研究成果,建立了我国建筑结构地震倒塌易损性数据库。基于经典的Cornell地震风险概率计算公式,分别以谱加速度和峰值加速度为地震动强度参数,计算了我国建筑结构的地震倒塌风险概率。通过与美国抗震设计规范FEMA P750和欧洲学者建议的关于建筑结构地震倒塌风险的相关要求进行对比,对我国建筑结构的地震倒塌风险水平进行了评估。分析结果表明: 由于我国现行抗震设计规范GB 50011—2010中并未对结构地震倒塌风险做一致性要求,因此,我国建筑结构的地震倒塌风险概率结果分布较广;随着建筑结构抗震设防等级的提高,其地震倒塌风险概率也随之增加;相比于美国规范和欧洲学者研究成果,我国现行抗震设计规范尚不能对结构的地震倒塌风险进行有效控制。     

A risk estimation method of railway embankment collapse due to heavy rainfall

Slope collapses of embankments and cut slopes along railways are often triggered by heavy rainfall of a typhoon, etc., and have much influence on the running safety of trains. It is of vital importance to find out the risky sites along the railway to control railway operations. For this purpose, it is desiable to develop a practical damage estimation method which can accurately predict the risks of slope collapse and can be simply applied by many railway workers. This paper deals with a method of estimating the railway embankment collapse in times of heavy rainfall based on a multivariate analysis. The critical rainfall is proposed to be defined as a product of the amount of accumulated rainfall and the maximum hourly rainfall. This value is also determined by a function whose variables include information on the embankment such as soil and structural properties, the surface ground geotechnical characteristics, the catchment and seepage, and the empirical rainfall. Therefore, the risk evaluation for embankments can be performed with the critical rainfall value.