On the Freeze-Thaw Instability of an Open Pit Slope Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning and Numerical Simulation

Figure 13

Cloud chart of maximum and minimum principal stress for different times of the freeze-thaw cycle.

(a) Cloud chart of maximum principal stress for 0 times of the freeze-thaw cycle

(b) Cloud chart of minimum principal stress for 20 times of the freeze-thaw cycle

(c) Cloud chart of maximum principal stress for 40 times of the freeze-thaw cycle

(d) Cloud chart of maximum principal stress for 60 times of the freeze-thaw cycle

(e) Cloud chart of maximum principal stress for 80 times of the freeze-thaw cycle

(f) Cloud chart of maximum principal stress for 100 times of the freeze-thaw cycle