Study of the impact of reservoir water level decline on the stability treated landslide on reservoir bank

Abstract

Affected by the reservoir water and rainfall and other factors, the stability of the landslide changes with the different reservoir water level decline rate. Using the Baota landslide in Yunyang County in Three Gorges Reservoir region as an example, and applying the saturated-unsaturated numerical simulation method, the groundwater seepage field is calculated when the reservoir water level rises and declines. The calculated pore water pressure is used for the ultimate equilibrium analysis of landslide, and the effect of reservoir water level drop on landslide stability was discussed. The calculation results show that with the water level falling from 159 m to 145 m, and the increase of the rate of decline in the reservoir water level, the decline in groundwater seepage lines has increased somewhat. The landslide stability coefficient calculated under each working condition is larger than that in the original design, and the decrease rate of reservoir water has a qualitative effect on the stability of the landslide, but the influence is very small. Through the SBAS-InSAR time series monitoring of Sentinel-1 data in the 13th period and field verification, it is found that the cumulative deformation of the slope is small, which prove the stability of the landslide.

Keywords

• Reservoir bank landslide
• Reservoir water drop
• Treated landslide
• Stability evaluation