Influência das condições tridimensionais de tensão e fluxo na estabilidade de um talude em solo não saturado / Influência das condições tridimensionais de tensão e fluxo na estabilidade de um talude em solo não saturado

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

This research deals with the analysis of a slope failure that took place during the construction of a water gallery, located in Brasilia, DF. The failure occurred in July of 2005 and resulted in the death of one construction worker. The research focuses on the influence of unsaturated soil conditions and on the influence of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional effects on the water flow, on the distribution of stresses, and on the format of the slip surface. In order to verify the influence of three-dimensional geometry on the stability of the slope, stretches of the concave slope have been analyzed, including the region where the rupture occurred, and also two locations at the convex slope. The numerical analyses were undertaken using a methodology proposed in this work and implemented using a general purpose partial differential equation solver, FlexPDE. The soil properties of the profile were studied by means of a campaign of laboratory tests that included characterization tests, tests for the determination of the soil-water characteristic curve, and tests for the determination of unsaturated and saturated shear strength and saturated hydraulic conductivity. The measurement of the soil-water characteristic curve by means of the paper filter technique presented satisfactory results. The measurement of the change in shear strength with respect to changes in matric suction where undertaken by means of the Brazilian tensile tests. Considerable increase in the shear strength was observed with increasing matric suctions, up to a peak value. Past this peak value, further increases in suction resulted in decrease of the shear strength. Finally, the results of the analyses of the slope failure are presented, including the numerical analyses of stresses and water flow. The factors of safety obtained for the different regions studied were compared. The two-dimensional and three-dimensional factors of safety at the failed surface are near and slightly higher than 1, indicating the proximity of failure conditions. The results show that the factor of safety is lower at the concave slope when compared to the convex slope near the excavation front. On the other hand, concave regions located far from the excavation front presented higher factors of safety. Although the relatively low differences between the concave and convex slopes, it can be concluded that three-dimensional effects may be relevant for the distribution of stresses and flow conditions, with direct consequences to the stability of such slopes when near the excavation front.

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estabilidade de talude análise tridimensional solo não saturado geotecnica

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