Experimental study on pore pressure in rock-soil slope during reservoir water level fluctuation

1 Introduction The effect of seepage flow is a key problem in the investigation on the landslide fail- ure. Water in landslide comes mainly from the infiltration of rainwater and seepage flow of ground water. Rivers and reservoirs are the dominant sources of ground water in landslide. The infiltration of water will cause variations of the ground water level in landslides, which sometimes play a key role in the landslide stability. In particular, the fluctuation of water level varies remarkabl…

Experimental study on pore pressure in rock-soil slope during reservoir water level fluctuation

A test system was developed for measuring the pore pressure in porous media, and a new model was devised for the pore pressure testing in both saturated and unsaturated rock-soil. Laboratory experiments were carried out to determine the pore pressure during water level fluctuation. The variations of transient pore pressure vs. time at different locations of the simulated rock-soil system were acquired and processed, and meanwhile the deformation and failure of the model are observed. The experiment results show that whether the porous media are saturated or not, the transient pore pressure is mainly dependent on the water level fluctuation, and coupled with the variation of the stress field.