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Youzhi Hao1, Dongdong Jia2, Xingnong Zhang3
1Key Laboratory of Port, Waterway and Sedimentation Engineering of Ministry of Transport, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing 210024, China
Abstract:
The collapse mechanism of dual-structure vegetation riverbanks at different water levels is unclear. A method for calculating the critical collapse width of a dual-structure vegetation bank under different failure modes that consider the variations in river and groundwater levels and the influence of vegetation roots is proposed. Combined with the influence of flow lateral erosion and slope toe accumulation, a calculation model of riverbank stability was established. The results show that shear failure is the main failure mode when the cohesive soil layer on a dual-structure bank is thick, and the critical collapse width of the bank with root soil is higher than that of the soil bank. The critical collapse width of the bank varied with the water level during different water level periods. Compared with a soil riverbank, a rooted soil riverbank can significantly prolong the bank collapse time. The collapse width of a soil bank without vegetation roots is smaller than that of a rooted soil bank, and the cumulative collapse width is related to calculation time. The greater the thickness of rooted soil, the slower the decay rate of bank stability under water flow erosion.
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