Abstract
In order to carry out stability analysis of soil-rock-mixture(SRM) slopes, an improved numerical manifold method (NMM) with multiple layers of mathematical cover systems is proposed. For SRM problems, the computational cost of the improved NMM is smaller than that of the traditional NMM. Besides, an improved shear strength reduction technique(ISSRT) which can eliminate spurious plastic deformation of the slopes is implemented. Based on the improved NMM with multiple layers of mathematical cover systems, the stability of three slopes, namely, a homogeneous slope and two SRM slopes with different contents of rock blocks is analyzed. The numerical results about the three slopes indicate that: 1) the proposed numerical model can obtain the FOS of a slope with high accuracy; 2) the bigger the content of rock blocks, the larger the FOS of the SRM slope will be; 3) due to the existence of rock blocks, the failure mode of a SRM slope is different from that of a homogeneous soil slope.
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