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Simplified Procedures for Estimating Seismic Slope Displacements Jonathan D. Bray, Ph.D., P.E., NAE Faculty Chair in Earthquake Engineering Excellence University of California, Berkeley Thanks to Thaleia Travasarou & Others, and to NSF, Packard, & PEER

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  • Simplified Procedures for Estimating Seismic Slope Displacements

    Jonathan D. Bray, Ph.D., P.E., NAE Faculty Chair in Earthquake Engineering Excellence

    University of California, Berkeley

    Thanks to Thaleia Travasarou & Others, and to NSF, Packard, & PEER

  • Simplified Procedures for Estimating Seismic Slope Displacements

    OUTLINEI. Seismic Slope Stability

    II. Seismic Slope Displacement Analysis

    III. Simplified Slope Displacement Procedures

    IV. Pseudostatic Slope Analysis

    V. Conclusions

  • Two Critical Design Issues1. Are there materials that will lose significant

    strength as a result of cyclic loading? Flow Slide

    2. If not, will the earth structure or slope undergo significant deformation that may jeopardize performance?Seismic Displacement

    I. Seismic Slope Stability

  • Las Palmas Gold Mine Tailings Dam Failure

    Sand ejecta near toe of flow debris View from scarp looking downstream

    View across scarpM8.8 Maule, Chile EQ Failure & FlowCaused 4 deaths

    (upstream method)Bray & Frost 2010

  • Fujinuma Dam: 18.5 m high earthfill dam completed 1949

    Bray et al. 2011; photographs from M. Yoshizawa

    Uncontrolled release of reservoir led to 8 deaths downstream of dam

    2011 Tohoku EQ

    Mw = 9.0

    R = 102 km

    PGA = 0.33 g

  • LIQUEFACTION EFFECTS

    Idriss & Boulanger 2008

    Flow Liquefaction

    Cyclic Mobility

    strain-hardening limited strain

    strain-softening large strain

  • Liquefaction Flow Slides when qc1N < 80

    Idriss & Boulanger 2008

    80

  • Post-Liquefaction Residual Strength is a System Property1971 Lower San Fernando Dam Failure

    (from H.B. Seed)

  • Seismic Slope Displacement Slip along a distinct surface

    Distributed shear deformation

    Add volumetric-induced deformation, when appropriate

    Newmark-type seismic displacement

  • II. Seismic Slope Displacement Analysis

    CRITICAL COMPONENTS

    a. Dynamic Resistance

    b. Earthquake Ground Motion

    c. Dynamic Response of Sliding Mass

    d. Seismic Displacement Calculation

  • a. Dynamic Resistance

    Yield Coefficient (ky): seismic coefficient that results in FS=1.0 in pseudostatic stability analysis

    ky = 0.105

    Use method that satisfies all three conditions of equilibrium and focus on unit weight, water pressures, and soil strength

    FS = 1.00

  • Peak Dynamic Strength of ClaysChen, Bray, and Seed (2006)

    Sdynamic, peak = Sstatic, peak (Crate) (Ccyc ) (Cprog) (Cdef)

    Rate of loading: Crate > 1

    Number of significant cycles: Ccyc < 1

    Progressive failure: Cprog < 1

    Distributed deformation: Cdef < 1Typical values often lead to:

    Sdynamic, peak Sstatic, peak (1.4) (0.85 ) (0.9) (0.9) Sstatic, peak

  • Dynamic Strength of ClaysChen, Bray, and Seed (2006)

    Peak dynamic strength is used for strain-hardening soils or limited displacements

    As earthquake-induced strain exceeds failure strain, dynamic strength reduces for strain-softening soils

    Thus, ky is also a function of displacement

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    0 1 2 3 4 5perferential displacement (inches)

    Shea

    r stre

    ngth

    (psf

    )

    Peak Strength

    Residual Strength

    ky

    D

  • b. Earthquake Ground Motion:

    Acceleration Time History

    acce

    lera

    tion

    (g)

    -0.50

    -0.25

    0.00

    0.25

    0.50

    time (s)

    0 5 10 15 20 25 30

    Izmit (180 Comp) 1999 Kocaeli EQ (Mw=7.4) scaled to MHA = 0.30 g

    PGA = 0.3 g

  • Acceleration Response Spectrum(provides response of SDOF of different periods at 5% damping,i.e., indicates intensity and frequency content of ground motion)

    0 1 2 3 4 5Period (s)

    0.0

    0.5

    1.0

    1.5Sp

    ectra

    l Acc

    elerat

    ion (g

    )

    5% Damping

    Sa(0.5)

    Sa(1.0)

    PGA

    Sa(0.2)

  • Seed and Martin 1966

    c. Dynamic Response of Sliding Mass

  • Equivalent Acceleration Concept

    accounts for cumulative effect of incoherent motion in deformable sliding mass

    Horz. Equiv. Accel.: HEA = (h/v) g

    MHEA = max. HEA value

    kmax = MHEA / gH v

    h

    Seed and Martin 1966

  • 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0Ts-waste/Tm-eq

    0.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.0

    MHE

    A/(M

    HA,ro

    ck*N

    RF) Rock site median, and 16th and 84th

    0.1 1.35 0.2 1.20 0.3 1.09 0.4 1.00 0.5 0.92 0.6 0.87 0.7 0.82 0.8 0.78

    MHA,rock (g) NRFprobability of exceedance lines

    (Bray & Rathje 1998)

    FACTORS AFFECTING MAXIMUM SEISMIC LOADINGk m

    ax/ (

    MH

    Aro

    ck* N

    RF

    / g)

    Ts-sliding mass / Tm-EQ

  • kmax depends on stiffness and geometry of the sliding mass (i.e., its fundamental period)

    Ts,1-D = 4 H / Vs

    Ts, 1-D = Initial Fundamental Period of Sliding Mass

    H = Height of Sliding Mass

    Vs = Average Shear Wave Velocity of Sliding Mass

  • kmax also depends on the length of the sliding mass

    CL = 1.0 for L < 60 m & CL = 0.8 for L > 300 m CL = 1.0 [(L 60 m) / 1200] for 60 m < L < 300 m

    where L = Length of Potential Sliding Mass (m)

    0

    0.5

    1

    1.5

    0 200 400 600 800 1000Length (ft)

    Km

    ax,2

    D /

    (1.1

    5*K

    max

    ,1D

    )

    This study (all data)Rathje and Bray (2001)

    Note: Rathje and Bray (2001) data do not include the 1.15 factor because their 1D Kmax values represent the mass-weighted average for several 1D columns, which increases the single column Kmax

    0100200300400500

    0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

    ROCK

    MSW

    All units in ft

    1.00.8

    kmax_2D = CL kmax_1D

    Rathje & Bray 2008

  • Topographic Amplification of PGA Steep Slope (>60o): PGAcrest 1.5 PGA1D

    (Ashford and Sitar 2002)

    Moderate Slope: PGAcrest 1.3 PGA1D(Rathje and Bray 2001)

    Dam Crest: PGAcrest (0.5(PGA)-0.5 + 1) PGA(Yu et al. 2012)

    (Yu et al. 2012)

  • Topographic Effects on kmax Localized shallow sliding near crest kmax PGAcrest / g

    Long shallow sliding surface kmax 0.5 PGAcrest / g

    0.0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1.0

    Norm

    alize

    d Sl

    ope

    Cove

    r Sl

    idin

    g M

    ass

    Leng

    th (L

    / L

    )

    0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0MHEA / MHA

    2

    crest

    s

    LA Landfills (1.9H:1V to 5.5H:1V)

    Config. 1 (3H:1V)

    Config. 2 (2H:1V)

    Config. 3 (2H:1V)

    Config. 4 (5H:1V)

    Best Fit (R = 0.65)

    3.5 4 4.5 5

    -1.0

    -0.5

    0.0

    0.5

    1.0

    Acce

    lera

    tion

    (g)

    Crest

    Mid Slope

    Toe(a)

    Time (s)

    kmax / PGAcrest

    0.5

  • d. Seismic Displacement CalculationNewmark (1965) Rigid Sliding Block Analysis

    Assumes: Rigid sliding block Well-defined slip surface develops Slip surface is rigid-perfectly plastic Acceleration-time history defines EQ loading

    Key Parameters: ky - Yield Coefficient (max. dynamic resistance) kmax - Seismic Coefficient (max. seismic loading) ky / kmax (if > 1, D = 0; but if < 1, D > 0)

  • Rigid SlidingBlock:

    uses accel.-time hist.

    kmax = PGA/g

    Cover

    Base

    Rock

    DeformableSlidingBlock:

    uses equiv. accel.-time hist.

    kmax = MHEA/g

    Mid-Ht

  • Limitations of Rigid Sliding Block ModelsRathje and Bray (1999, 2000)

    0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0Ky/MHA

    -75

    -50

    -25

    0

    25

    U

    -U

    (c

    m)

    Ts/Tm = 1.0

    0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0Ky/MHA

    -25

    0

    25

    50

    75

    100

    U

    -U

    (c

    m)

    Ts/Tm = 4.0

    (c) (d)

    Damping 15%Damping 15%

    rigid

    c

    ouple

    d

    rigid

    c

    ouple

    d

    0 1 2 3 4Ts/Tm

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    Disp

    lacem

    ent (

    cm) Ky=0.1Mag 8 (MHA=0.4g)

    Decoupled

    Coupled

    Rigid Block

    Damping 15%

    Drig

    id

    Dco

    uple

    d(c

    m)

    Drig

    id

    Dco

    uple

    d(c

    m)

    Unc

    onse

    rvat

    ive

    cons

    erva

    tive

    25

  • Seismic Displacement Calculation Deformable Sliding Block Analysis

    Earth Fill

    Potential Slide Plane

    Decoupled Analysis

    Coupled Analysis

    Flexible System

    Dynamic Response

    Rigid Block

    Sliding Response

    Flexible SystemFlexible System

    Dynamic Response and Sliding Response

    Max Force at Base = ky W

    Calculate D

    Calculate HEA-time history

    assuming no sliding along base

    Double integrate HEA-time

    history given kyto calculate D

  • Decoupled vs. Coupled Analysis

    From Rathje and Bray (2000)

    Insignificant difference for Ddecoupled < 1 cm

    Conservative for Ddecoupled > 1 m

    Between 1 cm and 1 m, could be meaningfully unconservative

    0.1 1 10 100 1000U (cm)

    -40

    -20

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    Disp

    lacem

    ent D

    iffer

    ence

    (cm

    ):U

    -

    U

    decoupled

    deco

    upled

    co

    upled

    k = 0.05

    k = 0.1

    k = 0.2

    y

    y

    y

    (b)D

    ecou

    pled

    Con

    serv

    ativ

    e

    Dde

    coup

    led

    D

    coup

    led

    (cm

    )

  • Calculated Seismic DisplacementExpected ky

    See programs such as SLAMMER by Jibson et al. (2013) http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/12b1/O-F Report 03-005

  • SAFE

    UNSAFE

    ?

    Think About It as a CliffCalculated Seismic Displacement is an Index of Performance

  • Evaluate Seismic PerformanceGiven seismic displacement estimates:

    Minor (e.g., D < 15 cm) Major (e.g., D > 1 m)

    Evaluate the ability of the earth structure and structures founded on it to accommodate the level of deformation

    Consider:

    Consequences of failure and conservatism of hazard assessment and stability analyses

    Defensive measures that provide redundancy, e.g., crack stoppers, filters, and chimney drain for dams, & robust mat foundations, slip layer, and ductile structure

  • Makdisi & Seed (1978)

    Estimate PGA at crest

    MHA at Top vs. Base Rock MHA for Some Solid-Waste Landfills(Bray & Rathje 1998)

    PGA,top = ?

    III. Simplified Seismic Slope Procedures

  • Estimate kmax for sliding mass as f (PGAcrest & y/h)

    Kmax varies with Ts

    Makdisi & Seed (1978)

  • Estimate seismic displacement as f (ky/kmax & Mw)

    WARNING: Do not use figure in original

    Makdisi & Seed (1978) paper; it is off by an order of magnitude

    Makdisi & Seed (1978)

  • Limitations design curves are derived from a limited number of cases. These curves should be updated and refined as analytical results for more embankments are obtained.

    Makdisi & Seed (1978)

    Limited number of earthquake ground motions used

    Estimating PGA at the crest to estimate kmax is difficult

    Simple shear slice analysis employed

    Decoupled analysis to calculate seismic displacement

    Bounds are not true upper and lower bounds

    Only a few analyses & no estimate of uncertainty

  • Estimate seismic displacement as f (ky, amax & Mw)

    Jibson (2007)

    Used rigid sliding block model with acceleration-time histories (original Newmark 1965 approach)

    Used several hundred EQ records

  • Jibson (2007)Jibson (2007) states:

    Newmark's method treats a landslide as a rigid-plastic body: the mass does not deform internally ...

    Therefore, the proposed models are most appropriately applied to thinner landslides in morebrittle materials rather than to deeper landslides in softer materials.

    Only Models Rigid Sliding Mass (i.e., Ts = 0)

  • OPTIMAL INTENSITY MEASURES:

    Sa(1.5 Ts) & Mw of outcropping motion below slide

    Bray & Travasarou (2007)1. SLOPE MODEL

    nonlinear soil responsefully coupled deformable stick-slipstiffness (Ts) & strength (ky)8 Ts values & 10 ky values Ts

    kyD2. EARTHQUAKE DATABASE688 records (41 EQs)

    Over 55,000 analyses

    3. CALIBRATION16 case histories

  • PGA SA

    SA(1

    .3Ts

    )SA

    (1.5

    Ts)

    SA(2

    .0Ts

    )ar

    ms

    Aria

    s IcPG

    VEP

    V SIPG

    D TmD5

    _95

    Intensity Measure

    0

    1

    2

    Stan

    dard

    Dev

    iatio

    n

    0

    1

    2St

    anda

    rd D

    evia

    tion

    ky = 0.10 Ts = 0.5 s

    ky = 0.20 Ts = 0.5 s

    0

    1

    2

    PGA SA

    SA(1

    .3Ts

    )SA

    (1.5

    Ts)

    SA(2

    .0Ts

    )ar

    ms

    Aria

    s IcPG

    VEP

    V SIPG

    D TmD5

    _95

    Intensity Measure

    0

    1

    2 ky = 0.20 Ts = 1.0 s

    ky = 0.10 Ts = 1.0 s

    STRONGER

    MORE FLEXIBLE

    EFFICIENCY of Ground Motion Intensity Measures

    Sa (1.5Ts) Arias Intensity Housner Spectral Intensity

  • 1) Zero Displacement Estimate

    ( ) ++= ))5.1(ln()ln(566.0)ln(333.0)ln(83.210.1)ln( 2 sayyy TSkkkD

    ( )))5.1(ln(52.3)ln(484.0)ln(22.376.11)"0"( sasyy TSTkkDP +==

    2) NonZero Displacement Estimate

    ( ) ++ )7(278.050.1))5.1(ln(244.0))5.1(ln(04.3 2 MTTSTS ssasa

    is the standard normal cumulative distribution function (NORMSDIST in Excel)

    Bray & Travasarou (2007): D = f (ky, Sa(1.5Ts), Ts, Mw)

    is a normally-distributed random variable with zero mean and standard deviation = 0.66

    *Replace first term (i.e., -1.10) with -0.22 for cases where Ts < 0.05 s

  • Bray & Travasarou (2007): MODEL TRENDS

    0 0.5 1 1.5 2Ts (s)

    0

    0.5

    1

    SA(1

    .5Ts

    ) (g) 5% damping

    Scenario Event:M 7 at 10 km

    Soil SS fault

    0 0.5 1 1.5 2Ts (s)

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1

    P(D=

    "0")

    ky= 0.3

    ky= 0.2

    ky= 0.1

    ky= 0.05

    0 0.5 1 1.5 2Ts (s)

    1

    10

    100

    Disp

    lace

    men

    t (cm

    ) ky= 0.05

    ky= 0.1

    ky= 0.2

    ky= 0.3

  • PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE

    0 0.5 1 1.5 2Ts (s)

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1

    P(D=

    "0")

    ky= 0.3

    ky= 0.2

    ky= 0.1

    ky= 0.05

    0 0.5 1 1.5 2Ts (s)

    1

    10

    100

    Disp

    lace

    men

    t (cm

    ) ky= 0.05

    ky= 0.1

    ky= 0.2

    ky= 0.3

    0 0.5 1 1.5 2Ts (s)

    0

    0.2

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    1

    P(D

    > 30

    cm)

    ky= 0.3ky= 0.2ky= 0.1

    ky= 0.05

    Scenario Event:M 7 at 10 km

    Soil SS fault

  • Earth Dam or Landfill EQObs.Dmax (cm)

    Bray & Travasarou 2007

    P (D = 0) Est. Disp (cm)

    Chabot Dam SF Minor 0.35 0 - 5

    Guadalupe LF LP Minor 0.95 0.3 - 1

    Pacheco Pass LF LP None 1.0 0 - 0.1

    Austrian Dam LP 50 0.0 20 - 70

    Lexington Dam LP 15 0.0 15 - 65

    Sunshine Canyon LF NR 30 0.0 20- 70

    OII Section HH LF NR 15 0.1 4 - 15

    La Villita Dam S3 1 0.95 0.3 - 1

    La Villita Dam S4 1.4 0.5 1 - 5La Villita Dam S5 4 0.25 3 - 10

    Validation of Bray & Travasarou Simplified Procedure

  • Example: 57 m-High Earth DamLocated 10 km from M = 7.5 EQ

    ssmm

    VHT

    ss 33.0/450

    576.26.2

    =

    =

    No liquefaction or soils that will undergo significant strength loss

    Undrained Strength: c = 14 kPa and = 21o so ky = 0.14

    Triangular Sliding Block with avg. Vs ~ 450 m/s & H = 57 m

  • Deterministic Analysis:ky = 0.14; Ts = 0.33 s; & Mw = 7.5 at R = 10 km;

    Using 1.5 Ts = 1.5 (0.33 s) = 0.5 s & NGA GMPE for rock with Vs30 = 600 m/s for strike-slip fault: median Sa(0.5 s) = 0.483 g

    Probability of Zero Displacement (i.e., D < 1 cm):

    Nonzero Median Seismic Displacement Estimate ( = 0):

    Design Seismic Displacement Estimate (16% and 84%):D 0.5 to 2 times median D = 5 cm to 20 cm

    ( ) 01.0)483.0ln(52.3)33.0)(14.0ln(484.0)14.0ln(22.376.11)"0"( =+==DP

    ( ) ++= )483.0ln()14.0ln(566.0)14.0ln(333.0)14.0ln(83.210.1)ln( 2D( ) 0)75.7(278.0)33.0(50.1)483.0ln(244.0)483.0ln(04.3 2 ++

    cmDD 10)28.2exp())exp(ln( ==

    For fully probabilistic implementation see Travasarou et al. 2004

  • Pseudostatic Slope Stability Analysis

    1. k = seismic coefficient; represents earthquake loading

    2. S = dynamic material strengths

    3. FS = factor of safety

    Selection of acceptable combination of k, S, & FS requires calibration through case histories or consistency with more advanced analyses

  • A Prevalent Pseudostatic Method

    Seed (1979) appropriate dynamic strengths k = 0.15 FS > 1.15

    FS > 1.15 does not mean the system is safe!

    BUT this method was calibrated for cases where 1 m of displacement was judged to be acceptable

    WHAT about other levels of acceptable displacement?

    IS k = 0.15 reasonable for all sites regardless of M & R?

  • Seismic Coefficientk should depend on level of shaking, i.e., R, M, & dynamic response of earth structure

    k should also depend on criticality of structure and acceptable level of seismic performance, i.e., amount of allowable seismic displacement

    How does one then select k?

  • Ts= 0.2s

    0.00

    0.10

    0.20

    0.30

    0.40

    0 0.5 1 1.5 2Sa(@1.5Ts) (g)

    Seis

    mic

    Coe

    ffici

    ent

    5 cm15 cm

    30 cm

    M=7.5 M=6

    Seismic Coefficient from Allowable DisplacementBray &Travasarou (2009)

    Instead, calculate k as function of Da, Sa, Ts, Mw, &

  • 1. Can materials lose significant strength? If so, use post-shaking reduced strengths. Otherwise, use strain-compatible dynamic strengths.

    2. Select allowable displacement: Da and select exceedance probability (e.g., use = 0.66 for 84%)

    3. Estimate initial period of sliding mass: Ts

    4. Characterize seismic demand: Sa(1.5Ts) & Mw

    5. Calculate seismic coefficient: k = f (Da, Sa, Ts, Mw & ) & perform pseudostatic analysis using k. If FS 1, then Dcalc < Da at selected exceedance level

    Pseudostatic Slope Stability Procedure

  • IV. Conclusions First question: will materials lose strength?

    If not, evaluate seismic slope stability in terms of seismic displacements

    Bray & Travasarou (2007) approach with deformable sliding mass captures:a. Dynamic resistance of slope - kyb. Earthquake shaking - Sa(1.5 Ts) & Mwc. Dynamic response of sliding mass - Tsd. Coupled seismic displacement - D

    Earthquake and material characterizationare most important

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    Simplified Procedures for Estimating Seismic Slope Displacements Simplified Procedures for Estimating Seismic Slope DisplacementsOUTLINETwo Critical Design IssuesLas Palmas Gold Mine Tailings Dam FailureFujinuma Dam: 18.5 m high earthfill dam completed 1949LIQUEFACTION EFFECTSLiquefaction Flow Slides when qc1N < 80Slide Number 8Seismic Slope DisplacementII. Seismic Slope Displacement AnalysisCRITICAL COMPONENTSa. Dynamic ResistanceYield Coefficient (ky): seismic coefficient that results in FS=1.0 in pseudostatic stability analysisPeak Dynamic Strength of ClaysChen, Bray, and Seed (2006)Dynamic Strength of ClaysChen, Bray, and Seed (2006)b. Earthquake Ground Motion:Acceleration Time HistoryAcceleration Response Spectrum(provides response of SDOF of different periods at 5% damping,i.e., indicates intensity and frequency content of ground motion)Slide Number 16Equivalent Acceleration ConceptSlide Number 18kmax depends on stiffness and geometry of the sliding mass (i.e., its fundamental period)kmax also depends on the length of the sliding massSlide Number 21Slide Number 22d. Seismic Displacement CalculationNewmark (1965) Rigid Sliding Block AnalysisSlide Number 24Limitations of Rigid Sliding Block ModelsSlide Number 26Slide Number 27Calculated Seismic DisplacementSlide Number 29Evaluate Seismic PerformanceMakdisi & Seed (1978)Estimate PGA at crestSlide Number 32Slide Number 33LimitationsSlide Number 35Slide Number 36Bray & Travasarou (2007)Slide Number 381) Zero Displacement EstimateSlide Number 40Slide Number 41Slide Number 42Example: 57 m-High Earth DamLocated 10 km from M = 7.5 EQSlide Number 44Pseudostatic Slope Stability AnalysisA Prevalent Pseudostatic MethodSeismic CoefficientSlide Number 48Slide Number 49IV. ConclusionsSlide Number 51