Estudio del comportamiento de taludes con mallas metálicas en la vía ecológica Santa Rosa km 3+500 del cantón Ambato provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The objective of this experimental research project is to analyze the slope stabilization method with metal mesh for sandy loam soils with slopes that fluctuate between 60 and 90 degrees, for which it was necessary to identify the main characteristics of the soil types found in the slope of the Santa Rosa Ecological Way Km 3 + 500, and thus by the Fellenius stabilization method determine the safety factor that is the main indicator of the instability and condition in which the slope under study is located. In order to deeply understand the physical and mechanical characteristics of the soils, field research was carried out by observing, evaluating and taking samples of the different soil types in order to submit them to laboratory tests whose results provided the parameters for the design of slopes. For the evaluation of the stability applying the Ordinary or Fellenius method, the GSLOPE program was used in which the physical and mechanical parameters of the soils were considered assuming that the slope is homogeneous. The program provided data and graphs of the Critical Safety Factor and the slip surface. The reinforcing and anchoring loads with which a flexible system works were analyzed; with which the program was implemented, thus obtaining a new and greater value of the safety factor that allowed to determine that this system increases and helps considerably the stability of the slope under study.