Dynamic behavior of soil anchorage landslide at different frequencies

Abstract

To reveal the dynamic behavior of soil anchorage landslide and the mechanical feature of anchors at different frequencies, a shaking table test was performed on a 1:7 scale soil anchorage landslide. Actual seismic wave measured from the Wenchuan earthquake, sinusoidal waves with different frequencies were applied to the model. The acceleration response of the anchorage landslide in frequency domain was analyzed, and the strain distribution of anchors at 1.15 Hz sinusoidal wave and 3.45 Hz sinusoidal wave were investigated separately. The testing results indicate that the anchorage landslide is sensitive not only to higher frequencies (near the natural frequency of the landslide) at low loading amplitude but also to ultra-low frequencies at high loading amplitude. At ultra-low frequency 1.15 Hz sinusoidal wave, when the loading amplitude is low and medium (0.05-0.6 g), the bottom anchor bears greater force. But when the loading amplitude is high (0.8 g), the top anchor bears most of the anchorage force. At 3.45 Hz sinusoidal wave that near the natural frequency of the landslide, no matter how the loading amplitude, the top anchor plays significant role, especially at higher loading amplitude (0.3-0.6 g).

Keywords

• anchor
• soil anchorage landslide
• dynamic behavior
• frequency
• shaking table test