Abstract
Expansive soils are predominant in many parts of the world. Expansive soil treated as problematic soils, as economic and design a safe slope on expansive soils is major challenge for civil engineers. Expansive soils were compacted under unsaturated condition, in various construction projects. Major failures reported in many countries around the world are due to swell shrinkage characteristics causing unstable slopes. Fills and compacted soils have an inherent suction when they are first compacted. The suction is the most important factor which affects the shear strength of unsaturated soil. variation of suction in unsaturated soil is an important factor considered for solving issues like slope stability and bearing capacity failure in unsaturated soil. Rainwater infiltration are major triggering factor for failureof expansive soil slopes. The strength of unsaturated soil changes with water evaporation and infiltration. Due to infiltration of rainwater into the soil a significant change in the pore water takes place. Hence, this fluctuation in pore water pressure responsible for the distinct mechanical behavior of unsaturated soil under different Geotechnical problems.A numerical modeling was done with Plaxis LE software, considering parameters of unsaturated soil. As the changes in pore-water pressure and moisture content are a function of the flow of moisture through the soil-atmosphere boundary.The effect of soil type, rainfall intensity, location of ground water table, permeability functionsareconsidered to reproduce the soil-atmosphere interaction. Obtain results illustrates the combine effect of suction and increase of saturation due to rainfall on slopes. It was observed that rainfall increase the induced matric suction and increase the positive pore water pressure finally results in slope failures.
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