The moisture and thermal characteristics of expansive soil slopes have a significant impact on the strength and overall stability of the soil. In this study, the medium-strength expansive soil vegetated slope in Baise, Guangxi, was taken as the research object. Through the combination of numerical simulation and measured meteorological data, the impact of moisture and heat characteristics on slope stability was then analyzed, and optimal geometric parameters conducive to the stability of vegetated slopes were proposed based on these findings. The research results indicate that under long-term climatic conditions, solar net radiation has the most sensitive effect on the evaporation of slope soil. During the evaporation process, vegetation transpiration dominates in the vegetation-covered layer, while below the depth of the vegetation cover layer, soil evaporation itself plays a dominant role. Under the conditions of evaporation-rainfall-evaporation, slopes with a smaller permeability coefficient in the vegetation cover layer have significantly higher safety factors than slopes with a larger permeability coefficient and bare slopes. A steep vegetated slope with a slope gradient of 50° can maintain slope stability with proper handling of its height. The research findings have reference value for the design and construction of vegetated slopes with expansive soil.


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    Title :

    Study on the Moisture and Thermal Characteristics of Vegetated Expansive Soil Slopes


    Additional title:

    KSCE J Civ Eng


    Contributors:
    Shen, Quan (author) / Zhang, Yidan (author) / Xie, Canrong (author) / Zhang, Chengli (author) / Wang, Chaohui (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2024-06-01


    Size :

    12 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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