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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 337, 2021
PanAm-Unsat 2021: 3rd Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils
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Article Number | 03017 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Slopes, Embankments, Roads, and Foundations | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202133703017 | |
Published online | 26 April 2021 |
2D stability and flow analysis of a slope in Recife - PE with Barreiras Formation soil in unsaturated conditions
1 Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, DIAC, 59460-000, São Paulo do Potengi, RN, Brasil
2 Federal University of Pernambuco, GEGEP, 50670-901, Recife, Brasil
* Corresponding author: tahyara.barbalho@ifrn.edu.br
Due to the increase in the number of mass movements on hillslopes during the rainy season in the city of Recife, the importance of analyzing and understanding the unsaturated behavior of the soil is verified. Therefore, this paper covers the stability analysis of an unsaturated soil belonging to the Barreiras Formation located at an important hillslope of Recife. This area has been affected by landslides in 2000, and about 100 families were left homeless after losing their homes. The slope is approximately 56 m high and 414 m long (lined up with Chagas Ferreira Avenue). The results of physical characterization and parameters from shear resistance of soil obtained in laboratory tests are presented. The modeling work was divided in two parts: (1) transient unsaturated seepage analysis; (2) stability analyses. To achieve this, computational solutions were implemented applying the SLOPE / W and SEEP / W programs, which analyzes the stability and flow of the slope. For analyzes, a rainfall of July / 2019 and pontual leaks was considered in the values of of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 m3/day. It was possible to observe that, as the intensity of the leaks increased, the pore water pressure values increased considerably at the deepest levels. The water table was also compatible with the increase in the intensity of water infiltration. In the slope stability analyzes conducted was observed that the increase in moisture content and the decrease in suction during intense precipitation periods combined with leak infiltration reflect in the decrease in the safety factor to values around 1.
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