Failure mode analysis of post-seismic rockfall in shattered mountains exemplified by detailed investigation and numerical modelling

Landslides - Tập 18 - Trang 425-446 - 2020
Kun He1, Yongjian Li2, Guotao Ma1, Xiewen Hu1,3, Bo Liu1, Zhigang Ma2, Zepeng Xu1
1Faculty of geoscience and environmental engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
2Sichuan Institute of Land and Space Ecological Restoration and Geological Hazard Prevention, Chengdu, China
3Engineering Laboratory combined with national and local of spatial information technology of high-speed railway operation safety, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China

Tóm tắt

A high-position destructive rockfall, significantly influenced by post-seismic effect of Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 and associated aftershocks, was reported in Miansi Town of Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China. About 3,000 m3 of rock at high position detached from a dipping rocky slope, which manifested as a translational motion. Detailed field investigation, geological mapping, kinematic analysis, and numerical modelling are presented to comprehensively analyze the complex failure mode of the post-seismic rockfall. The results demonstrated that the sliding surfaces are mainly controlled by the internal shear discontinuity sets. The backscarps are progressively evolved from the tensile cracks at rear slopes caused by the Wenchuan earthquake. Because of the combination effect of heavily shocks of previous earthquake and local geomorphology of the rockfall with beneficial for facilitating the magnification effect on peak ground acceleration (PGA), the rock mass of slopes is dramatically damaged and fractured. The original intact slopes finally developed to the shattered slopes as an optimum birthplace for the post-seismic rockfalls. It should be noticed that intensive precipitation plays a triggering factor that generates the hydrostatic water pressure in the rear cracks and the uplift pressure at the bottom sliding surface within a short time. The evolution processes are divided into three stages: slope relaxation stage, rock shattering and disaggregation stage, and high-speed falling stage. Velocities, energy, and bounce heights of falling rock blocks are computed by the RocPro3D software for understanding the corresponding kinematics. The paper can provide an insight into post-seismic rockfalls in the tectonic areas associated with the combination of seismic activities and intense rainfall.

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