Reliability analysis of unsaturated slope stability considering SWCC model selection and parameter uncertainties

被引:65
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作者
Li, Dian-Qing [1 ]
Wang, Lin [2 ]
Cao, Zi-Jun [1 ]
Qi, Xiao-Hui [3 ]
机构
[1] Wuhan Univ, Inst Engn Risk & Disaster Prevent, State Key Lab Water Resources & Hydropower Engn S, 299 Bayi Rd, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, Peoples R China
[2] Chongqing Univ, Sch Civil Engn, Chongqing 400045, Peoples R China
[3] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Civil & Environm Engn, Block N1,50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639798, Singapore
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 国家重点研发计划;
关键词
Uncertainty; Reliability analysis; Soil-water characteristic curve; Unsaturated slope; Bayesian approach; RAINFALL-INDUCED LANDSLIDES; WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; CONCEPTUAL-MODEL; RISK-ASSESSMENT; BACK ANALYSIS; SOIL; PERMEABILITY; FAILURE;
D O I
10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105207
中图分类号
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要
Soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC) is usually estimated by fitting a prescribed parametric model to a limited number of test data. Uncertainties in estimated SWCC are unavoidable due to a lack of test data, including uncertainty arising from selecting a parametric model and uncertainty in fitting parameters. This paper develops a reliability analysis approach for unsaturated slope under the Bayesian model averaging (BMA) framework. The proposed approach accounts, simultaneously, for SWCC parameter uncertainty and model selection uncertainty, and allows shedding light on their effects on unsaturated slope reliability analysis. The proposed approach is illustrated through an unsaturated cut slope example. Results show that, with a limited number of SWCC test data, explicit quantification of SWCC parameter uncertainty provides more insights into the variability of SWCC in comparison with only considering the best-fit of test data. More importantly, the model selection uncertainty might be considerably large when only a limited number of test data is available. In such a case, betting on a single model might result in an improper estimate of unsaturated slope failure probability. On the contrary, the proposed approach provides a model-independent estimate of unsaturated slope failure probability that is less sensitive to the selection of SWCC model among the pool of candidates.
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