Failure Mechanism and Stability Evaluation of Bedding Slopes Considering Lateral Wall Resistance
Under the influence of lateral wall resistance,the main sliding direction of a bedding slope deviates from the direction of rock layer orientation,exhibiting typical features in its deformation and failure mechanisms.Taking a bedding slope in the Mabian River of Sichuan basin as a case study,we summarized the slope deformation characteristics of different areas based on its engineering geological conditions.Then,we analyzed the evolution mechanism of bedding slope failure considering lateral wall resistance and the failure boundary conditions.Finally,the three-dimensional stability of bedding slope under the effect of lateral wall resistance was analyzed,and the effects of various influencing fac-tors were studied by comparing the stress differences experienced when the main sliding direction devi-ated from or aligned with the rock layer orientation.The results showed that:(1)Considering lateral wall resistance,the deformation of a bedding slope could be categorized into an unstable sliding zone,landslide zone,and stable zone.The landslide zone included a sliding zone and a creep-slippage zone.After sliding,the rock mass in the sliding zone disintegrated and weathered into broken and block soil,and the creep-slippage zone experienced only deformation and cracking under the effect of lateral wall resistance.(2)After rock mass deterioration and the appearance of free surface at its forefront,the bed-ding slope presented a bedding-plane free-fall-backward failure with sliding in the lower part and creep-cracking in the middle part.The boundary of the sliding zone was controlled by the leading edge and the free face of the lateral wall,with its sliding distance being similar to that of the undercut segment of gully sidewall.The lateral wall was transformed from a joint face into a compression zone in parts of the creep-slippage zone,increasing the lateral wall resistance and resulting in a higher stability than the critical instability state.The boundary between the creep-slippage zone and the stable zone was cracked due to the thinning of the sliding mass thickness and the lateral wall resistance.(3)A formula for the stability coefficient of the bedding slope considering side-wall resistance was developed,as well as a conversion equation between the rock layer dip angle,slip surface dip angle α,and the angle β between the main slip direction and the rock layer orientation.The results showed that the larger the β and the friction coefficient of lateral wall,the greater the contribution of the resistance to the stability of bedding slopes.