The pipeline construction in complex engineering-geological conditions requires a thorough initial data analysis, as well as complex slope modeling using modern software systems. The article discusses the features of the foundation construction for stand-alone supports for power lines and pipelines on landslide slopes composed of clay soils. Relevant Russian regulations documents administer above-ground pipelining, which significantly complicates the design process. However, above-ground pipelining allows monitoring the slope condition (formation road edge breakaway), foundations (deviation from the design location), as well as the pipeline (displacement of the route axis, the state of welds). Timely detected deviations allow avoiding an emergency situation. The author considers possible options for constructive solutions for support foundations, as well as protective structures exemplified by a real Krasnodar Krai object. The pipeline construction in active landslide displacements conditions, as well as the presence of seismic effects, requires not only ensuring the construction's economic feasibility, but also the work safety. In the developing process of optimal design solutions, slope computer modeling was executed both in two-dimensional and three-dimensional formulations based on the finite element method using the Plaxis 2D and Plaxis 3D programs. The considered design situations made it possible to take into account the worst load combinations possible during pipeline operation. According to the calculation results and a comprehensive engineering and geological conditions study at the site, as well as the construction organization peculiarities, a block diagram has been developed that makes it possible to determine the optimal design solutions for protective structures in relation to any landslide construction site.
Pile-supported retaining structures are widely used to protect road sections from landslide processes. The article describes the design and calculation peculiarities of pile-supported retaining structures reinforced with a drill and inject anchors from tubular screw rods. The authors considered two options for this type of anchors setup: without free length and with a pre-set free length. In the software geotechnical complex Plaxis, on the finite element method basis, mathematical modeling and calculation of a pile-supported anchor retaining structure with different free anchors lengths from tubular screw rods for various soils types have been performed. Numerical relationships have been obtained between the anchors' free length and the resulting forces in the retaining structure. The performed calculations series of the test scheme showed that with an increase in the free anchors' length in the retaining structure, there is a decrease in the applied load in its load-bearing elements due to the horizontal displacements growth. The article presents the survey results of a real road section, on which a landslide displacement is being prepared, and considers a design solution for a pile-supported anchor retaining structure to ensure its safe operation. Performed a series of calculations for various landslide process development stages in this area showed that the effect of the anchors' free length also largely depends on the state of the adjacent soil mass. Obtained results clearly show that the design of a free length section for anchors made of tubular screw rods makes it possible to design more cost-effective pile-supported anchor holding structures without reducing their reliability.
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