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Seismic Stability of 3D Rock Slopes Based on a Multi-cone Failure Mechanism

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  • The effect of ground shaking on 3D rock slope stability is considered.

  • The upper bound expressions of both the stability number and the FoS of a slope subjected to seismic force are derived.

  • A genetic algorithm optimization code is designed to capture the optimal solutions of the objectives.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFC3004304), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52208327), and the General research projects of Beijing Municipal Education Commission (No. KM202010005030), the financial support are greatly appreciated.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100, Pingleyuan, Chao-Yang District, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

    Jingshu Xu & Xiuli Du

  2. Faculty of Architecture, Civil and Transportation Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

    Jingshu Xu & Xiuli Du

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JX: methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, data curation, writing, original draft, visualization. XD: supervision.

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Xu, J., Du, X. Seismic Stability of 3D Rock Slopes Based on a Multi-cone Failure Mechanism. Rock Mech Rock Eng 56, 1595–1605 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-022-03112-2

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