Neural network-based model for assessing failure potential of highway slopes in the Alishan, Taiwan Area: Pre- and post-earthquake investigation     

Hung-Ming Lin  Shun-Kung Chang  Jian-Hong Wu  C. Hsein Juang   《Engineering Geology》2009,104(3-4):280-289

This paper is aimed at creating an empirical model for assessing failure potential of highway slopes, with a special attention to the failure characteristics of the highway slopes in the Alishan, Taiwan area prior to, and post, the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake. The basis of the study is a large database of 955 slope records from four highways in the Alishan area. Artificial neural network (ANN) is utilized to “learn” from this database. The developed ANN model is then used to study the effect of the Chi-Chi earthquake on the slope failure characteristics in the Alishan area. Significant changes in the degrees of influence of several factors (variables) are found and possible reasons for such changes are discussed. The novelty of this paper lies in the fact that the developed ANN models are used as a tool to investigate the slope failure characteristics before and after the Chi-Chi earthquake.  相似文献   

反倾层状边坡弯曲折断的应力及挠度判据   总被引：9，自引：6，他引：3  

陈红旗  黄润秋 《工程地质学报》2004,12(3):243-246

以地质分析为基础 ,将反倾层状边坡的任意岩层概化为受复合作用力的板梁模型 ,通过简单的力学解析 ,开展了反倾层状岩石边坡弯曲折断判据的研究。依据岩层折断时和相临岩层的瞬时关系 ,将岩层下部视为瞬时临空状态 ,考虑岩层自重荷载和上部岩层附加荷载 (上部岩层重力荷载、层间摩擦力 )的共同作用 ,基于最大拉应力准则 ,提出了岩层弯曲折断的应力判据 ;依据应力判据 ,得到了岩层弯曲折断的挠度判据 ;利用应力判据及挠度判据 ,可实现反倾层状边坡弯曲折断的现场判定及其控制设计  相似文献   

The super-gentrification of Park Slope,Brooklyn     

Judith R. Halasz 《Urban geography》2018,39(9):1366-1390

Studies of classical gentrification typically focus on the embourgeoisement of neighborhoods and displacement of marginalized people. Recently, a new form of gentrification – super-gentrification – has emerged with the expansion of global finance capital, according to urban geographer Loretta Lees. Super-gentrification entails the further upscaling of already gentrified neighborhoods with the in-migration of upper-income residents and displacement of middle class residents, many of whom were among the initial gentrifiers. Despite the attention policy makers, urban planners, and the media are paying to the “middle class squeeze,” few quantitative studies of super-gentrification exist. Using data from the United States Decennial Census, American Community Survey, public residential sales transaction records, and real estate listings, this article sheds light on the landscape of super-gentrification and how to identify it with a quantitative analysis of changes in income, demographics, and housing affordability in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York since 1970.  相似文献   

Modelling the effect of rainfall on instabilities of slopes along highways   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

A. S. Al-Homoud  G. Prior  A. Awad 《Environmental Geology》1999,37(4):317-325

 During and after the very wet 1991/1992 winter experienced in Jordan, significant instabilities occurred in several sections of the new Irbid–Amman Highway in Jordan. A potential impact of surface and subsurface flow on the failed areas was noted. This paper is concerned with a hydrological study of the Irbid–Amman Highway, including watershed characteristics, hydrological data analysis, and hydraulic analysis of remedial works to failed areas and other parts of the highway drainage to minimize the impact of surface runoff and the effects of subsurface water with respect to the stability of the upslope and to limit the porewater pressure within the road formation. The study shows that the culvert capacity and the discharge velocity of the cross-highway drainage are deficient. Recommendations (e.g. gabion cascades) are therefore suggested to reduce drainage to the cross highway drainage structures. Grouting is suggested to stabilize the embankments above the inlets to culverts. Remedial drainage works are suggested for each major failed area. These include: culverts, table drain, drainage blanket beneath road formation, cut-off drains above cuttings, subsurface drains into the cut in the vicinity of springs, curtain drain beneath the lined table drain, and others. Received: 26 March 1997 · Accepted: 23 March 1998  相似文献   

The El-Nino-triggered landslides and their socioeconomic impact on Kenya   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

W. M. Ngecu  E. M. Mathu 《Environmental Geology》1999,38(4):277-284

 Kenya experienced extraordinarily heavy rainfall between May 1997 and February 1998 due to the El-Nino weather phenomenon. This period of about 10 months heavy rainfall caused widespread landslides and floods which were experienced in various parts of the country. Normally mid-December to late March is the driest and hottest season in Kenya. However, during this period, the season turned out to be the wettest with one of the heaviest precipitation events recorded in the country in the past several decades. Research investigations have revealed that the landslides were a result of four major factors. The factors included, geology and soils of the landslide prone areas, high relief, steep slopes with poor anchorage for slope stability, continuous heavy precipitation which resulted into oversaturation of rocks and soils. The effects of the El-Nino-triggered landslides in Kenya were enormous. Although statistical data about landslide destruction are not presently quantified, human and animal fatalities and plant destruction were enormous. Fertile farmlands, roads, railway lines, bridges, telephone and power lines were relocated and destroyed. Soil erosion which increased from higher surface runoff and surface exposure filled rivers with sediments. The sediments were transported to the hydro-electricity producing dams which eventually became clogged and power generation stopped. The national economic loss to the country is estimated at about US $ 1 billion and will take a long time to recover. Received: 7 April 1998 · Accepted: 2 March 1999  相似文献   

利用干涉图确定成像质量     

吴新民  马轩文 《测绘学院学报》1999,(1)

从像质的概念出发,导出了像质评定的简单公式。在干涉图的每个选定点上测量条纹间的间隔和角度来计算几何光线的斜率误差,然后把这些角度误差画在一张图纸上用以表示几何点扩散函数的角度大小,可以方便而简洁地评定成像质量,避免了复杂的计算。  相似文献   

边坡监测信息可视化查询分析系统及其应用   总被引：9，自引：0，他引：9  

袁宝远  吕建红  刘大安 《工程地质学报》1999,7(4):355-360

大型边坡监测系统数据庞大,项目及测点繁多。传统的数据库管理系统很难直观地查询分析监测数据。作者用在Window 系统下面向对象的程序设计语言VisualBasic和面向对象的数据库管理开发系统Access 开发了具有可视化查询分析特征的监测信息分析管理系统。本文以五强溪水电站左岸船闸边坡为例,介绍了系统的设计和程序功能。  相似文献   

Stress–strain behaviour of a loosely compacted volcanic-derived soil and its significance to rainfall-induced fill slope failures     

Fuchu Dai  C. F. Lee  Sijing Wang  Yuyong Feng 《Engineering Geology》1999,53(3-4):359-370

The stress–strain behaviour of a soil is crucial to the recognition of the mechanism of slope failure. Triaxial tests, composed of isotropically consolidated drained (ICD) and undrained compression (ICU) tests and anisotropically consolidated constant deviatoric stress path (CQD) tests, were carried out with the aim of investigating the stress–strain behaviour of loosely compacted volcanic-derived soils. The fact that the critical states are the same for ICU, ICD and CQD tests may show that the critical state is independent of the above three stress paths. The critical state line, as defined in critical state soil mechanics, is obtained from the e–log p′ and q–p′ plots based on the results of the above tests. The initial state of the consolidated specimens at initiation of failure may be classified as dilative or contractive in the light of the locations of the soil state relative to the critical state line. For contractional soils, the increased pore water pressure generated by rainfall infiltration leads to a contractive failure in a drained manner, giving rise to high excess pore water pressure. The excess pore water pressure caused by contraction cannot be dissipated instantly, resulting in a decrease in the shear resistance of the soil. The failure process is rapid. The failed soil mass is prone to flow after failure under the action of gravity due to its high moisture content and inflow of surface runoff and rainwater. For dilational soils, the increased pore water pressure resulting from infiltration leads to dilation, which reduces pore water pressure and thus increases the shear resistance of the soil. However, continued rainfall infiltration may be able to equilibrate the reduction in pore water pressure caused by dilation and, therefore, the dilation or displacement can continue. In Hong Kong, volcanic-derived soil is characterized by high permeability. Both the high permeability of volcanic-derived soil and a shallow failure surface make it possible for the reduction in pore pressure to equilibrate relatively quickly. Therefore, the failure is also rapid, at least for poorly compacted fill slopes.  相似文献   

Effect of combining biogeotextile and vegetation cover on the protection of steep slope of highway in northern China: A runoff plot experiment     

Hongyuan Liu  Liang Liu  Keli Zhang  Ren Geng 《国际泥沙研究》2023,38(3):387-395

Biogeotextiles can be used to facilitate the formation of vegetation cover and to reduce soil erosion.Studies have demonstrated that only biogeotextile or vegetation cover can greatly reduce soil erosion.However, information about the effects of the combination of biogeotextile and vegetation cover on soil erosion is still limited, despite that the combination is the commonly practical form for bare road slope protection. Experimental plots, consisting of a relatively loose surface layer and a c...  相似文献   

综合物探方法在不稳定斜坡地质灾害勘察中的应用研究          下载免费PDF全文

郭强  张健桥  耿千顷  张恒  林波 《山东国土资源》2023,39(4):45-50

不稳定斜坡体地形复杂、坡度大,表层土、石混杂,下部岩石裂隙发育,探测难度大,缺乏有效的物探手段精确圈定不稳定斜坡体的分布位置及空间赋存状态。用超高密度电法和微动探测相结合,推断了不稳定斜坡的范围及空间赋存状态。工程实地勘查表明,综合物探方法具有较高的可靠性,为地质灾害的治理打下了良好的基础。  相似文献