%0 Journal Article
%A LÜJiao-jiao
%A FAN Wen
%A LÜYuan-qiang
%A LI Kai
%A DU Qian
%T Influence of Topographic Hollows on Seepage and Stability of Landslides: Numerical Simulation
%D 2018
%R 10.11988/ckyyb.20161267
%J Journal of Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute
%P 123-128
%V 35
%N 4
%X Through field investigation and lab analysis, computation models of landslides with topographic hollows in Ziyang county of the Qinling-Daba Mountains were set up based on unsaturated soil mechanics theory. The stability and seepage with saturated and unsaturated properties under transient conditions were computed by limit equilibrium method in consideration of pore water pressure and unsaturated strength. Results show that topographic hollows induce slope failure through convergence of subsurface flow into small areas in the slope. Per unit depth of the maximum pore water pressure measured in an area close to the base of topographic hollows was found to be higher with bigger topographic hollows. Furthermore, a threshold relationship between the topographic hollow area and maximum pore water pressure in this study indicates that a topographic hollow of 1 000 m<sup>2</sup> area could generate a maximum pore water pressure of 1.47 kPa.<br><br>
%U http://ckyyb.crsri.cn/EN/10.11988/ckyyb.20161267