Abstract
The frame beam anchor plate (FBAP) is a new supporting structure to reinforce backfill. The current studies of slope stability concentrate on homogeneous isotropic dry or saturated slopes according to two-dimensional assumptions. In engineering practice, however, the soils are heterogeneous and anisotropic and exhibit evident unsaturated characteristics, and the failure surface shows obvious three-dimensional (3D) characteristics universally. A new method for evaluating the 3D stability of unsaturated soil slopes reinforced with FBAPs is established in this paper. The upper-bound analytical solution of slope safety factor (Fs) is derived based on the energy balance equation incorporated with the 3D spiral failure mechanism and the gravity increase method (GIM). Comparisons verified the effectiveness of the methodology and the optimization program. The influence of unsaturated characteristics, support structure design parameters, and seismic force on the 3D slope stability is evaluated through parameter analysis. The results show that the shear strength prediction model is crucial in slope stability assessments. The stability of slopes can be significantly improved by about 29%–52% by using FBAPs. Seismic action has a significant negative impact on the slope stability. When kh increases from 0 to 0.3, Fs generally decreases by about 40%–55%.
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