Open AccessDisaster characteristics and cause analysis of railroad slope in complicated and dangerous mountainous areas
Author(s) -
Hongyu Liu,
Xianjie Ma,
Jian Li,
Jiaming Li,
Wei Li,
Lijie Hou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/570/4/042012
Subject(s) - landslide , disaster area , emergency management , rockfall , forensic engineering , china , research object , civil engineering , mining engineering , geology , geography , geotechnical engineering , engineering , meteorology , archaeology , law , political science , regional science
With the vigorous development of China’s railroad industry, increased railroad construction has extended to complex and dangerous mountainous areas. During the construction and operation of railroads in this area, various geological disasters are inevitable, bringing significant difficulties to railroad construction and significant threats to personal safety. This study focuses on the typical railroad passing through dense and dangerous mountainous areas as the research object. Through on-site investigations, the characteristics of slope disasters along the railroad were analyzed following the laws of disaster distribution and characteristics of disaster development. The study analyzes the causes of slope disasters by investigating internal and external factors. The research results show that the geological disasters along the railroad can be divided into landslides and collapses, of which there are 8 landslide disasters and 15 collapse catastrophes. Landslides are characterized as creeping and fretting stages according to their development characteristics. Collapses can be divided into four types of dangerous rock masses according to the scale of disaster distribution. Many factors influence the development of landslide geological disasters, and the development of geological disasters is the result of the combined action of multiple influencing factors. By analyzing the slope disaster along the railroad, this study provides an effective reference basis for constructing complex mountain railroads in the future.