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A Resilience Model for Engineered Slopes Subject to Anchor Corrosion
Abstract Many high engineered slopes are stabilized using anchors, which may corrode over time. Proper maintenance is essential to recover the system performance and upkeep slope functions. This paper presents a resilience model for maintenance decision by analysing the degradation of an anchor-stabilized slope due to corrosion and evaluating the recovery of slope performance after maintenance. Failure probability is used as an indicator to characterize the evolution of slope performance within its service life. The timing for maintenance is determined when the failure probability reaches an intolerable value. Information obtained from regular inspections is used to reduce the uncertainty in the determined maintenance time. The effectiveness of possible repair schemes is measured by a resilience index for the slope attained after maintenance, which considers the reduction in the failure probability and the duration over which the failure probability remains acceptable. A benefit index, which incorporates both the effectiveness and cost of a repair measure, is defined and used to quantitatively evaluate possible maintenance schemes. The proposed model is illustrated using an anchor-stabilized rock slope example, which provides a means to quantitatively assess different repair measures and enables engineers to select an effective and economic measure for slope maintenance.
A Resilience Model for Engineered Slopes Subject to Anchor Corrosion
Abstract Many high engineered slopes are stabilized using anchors, which may corrode over time. Proper maintenance is essential to recover the system performance and upkeep slope functions. This paper presents a resilience model for maintenance decision by analysing the degradation of an anchor-stabilized slope due to corrosion and evaluating the recovery of slope performance after maintenance. Failure probability is used as an indicator to characterize the evolution of slope performance within its service life. The timing for maintenance is determined when the failure probability reaches an intolerable value. Information obtained from regular inspections is used to reduce the uncertainty in the determined maintenance time. The effectiveness of possible repair schemes is measured by a resilience index for the slope attained after maintenance, which considers the reduction in the failure probability and the duration over which the failure probability remains acceptable. A benefit index, which incorporates both the effectiveness and cost of a repair measure, is defined and used to quantitatively evaluate possible maintenance schemes. The proposed model is illustrated using an anchor-stabilized rock slope example, which provides a means to quantitatively assess different repair measures and enables engineers to select an effective and economic measure for slope maintenance.
A Resilience Model for Engineered Slopes Subject to Anchor Corrosion
Li, Xue-You (author) / Fan, Zeng-Bin (author) / Lu, Tao (author) / Xiao, Te (author) / Zhang, Li-Min (author)
KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering ; 22 ; 887-895
2018-03-01
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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