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Volume 20: Issue 1
Impact of the transient groundwater with seismic load on the nailed slope stability
Author:
Hasan Hadi Mahdi Department of Hydraulic Structures and Water Resources, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq

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Pages:
53–58
Online Publication Date:
28 Nov 2024
Publication Date:
26 Mar 2025
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/606.2024.01130
Keywords:
Bishop simplified method; Janbu simplified method; nailed slope; transient groundwater table; slope stability
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Abstract

An analysis study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the transient groundwater table with and without impacts of seismic loads on stability of excavation nailed slope using Bishop and Janbu simplified methods. The results showed that the factor of safety values increased with increasing of the groundwater table depth and reached a relatively maximum level for each of the two methods of analysis when the groundwater table drops to the depths 18, 19, and 20 m. Also, the results indicated that the percentage of increase in the factor of safety decreased significantly, starting from depth = 13 m, and the differences converge greatly to the point of fading at depths 17 and 18 m and these findings support the notion that the presence of groundwater table in the upper layers of the excavation sides poses a greater risk and increases the possibility of collapse failure.

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