Effects of Texture and Carbonate Content on Internal Friction Angle for Soils of Northern Coasts of Persian Gulf

Landslide Hazard Zonation in Taleghan watershed by using intelligent systems (Gaussian radial basis function and multilayer perceptron artificial neural networks)

Soil classification is one of the major parts of geotechnical studies. So assessment of existing methods for soil classification in different areas is important. For soil classification is used in situ and laboratory test results. Sampling and identification tests are laboratory methods for soil classification. CPTu test is in situ method for soil identification and classification, due to accuracy and speed, this test is used widely in geotechnical study today. Many researchers are proposed some charts for soil classifications based on the parameters measured in CPTu test. In this paper for evaluation the performance of these methods, 58 CPTu test results have been used. These tests are related to four areas in southern Iran. The soils are classified by CPTu methods and then they are compared with 372 laboratory soil classification. Research results show the chart proposed by Robertson (1990) which based on Qt, Ft and Bq variables has the best adaptation with the laboratory soil classification in these studied areas. Then according to data obtained from research, proposed a modified charts based on Rf, qt-u0/σ΄ v , that show 90% adaptation with laboratory soil classification.

Comparison the Different Methods of Seismic Response Analysis in Liquefiable sites against Near and Far-Field Earthquakes

This paper presents landslide assessment and landslide hazard zonation of the Polroud Dam area. Polroud Dam is one of the largest dams that are in construction, 29 km south of Roudsar in Gilan Province. Considering to geomorphology and geological conditions of the area, the site is susceptible to landslide hazard. Field survey shows many evidences of the instabilities especially in the slopes overlooking to the dam and the reservoir. The historical record also demonstrates high potential of the region to slope instabilities. A large landslide that occurred in 1996 discern that the frequency of the hazard in the region. Therefore, Identification of the landslide potential hazard is vital before impounding the reservoir. In this study, we investigated landslide hazard in the site and we have prepared landslide hazard zonation map using the main parameters. These parameters include; slope percent, slope aspect, lithology, fault, roads, drainage catchment, elevation, vegetation and precipitation amount. Analytic Hierarchical Process (AHP) has been used to prepare and to cross the maps. The results show that about 26 percent of the slopes are situated in highly hazard zones. It was determined also that lithology and slope aspects play main role in occurring of the landslides in the study area.

از مهم‌ترین چالش­ها در پروژه­های عمرانی، علاوه بر طراحی و اجرای آن‌ها، کنترل ایمنی و پایداری اجزای مختلف آن در طول دوران ساختمان و بهره­برداری است. هدف این تحقیق، تدقیق سطح ایستابی آب در بدنه و تکیه­گاه­های سد خاکی شاه­قاسم واقع در نزدیکی شهر یاسوج با استفاده از داده­های ثبت­شده است. درون‌یابی با روش­های زمین آماری کریجینگ ساده، کریجینگ معمولی و میانگین متحرک وزنی برای مدل­های کروی، نمایی و گوسی انجام گرفت. برای مقایسۀ آماری مدل­ها از شاخص­های آماری MBE، MAE، RMSE وGSD استفاده شد. نتایج نشان داد که روش کریجینگ ساده با مدل گوسی بهترین روش درون‌یابی سطح ایستابی آب سد خاکی شاه­قاسم است. روش­های کریجینگ معمولی با مدل گوسی و کریجینگ معمولی با مدل کروی در اولویت­های بعدی قرار دارند. روش میانگین متحرک وزنی با توان­های مختلف دارای خطای بیش‌تری نسبت به‌روش­های کریجینگ است. با بررسی نقشه­ها، احتمال وجود یک حفره در این قسمت از سد دور از انتظار نیست. وجود حفره احتمالی سبب می­شود که به مرور زمان آب مخزن سد تخلیه شده و سرانجام ممکن است باعث بروز پدیده زیرشویی ­شود که در مجموع برای پایداری سد خطرناک است