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Study on Stability of Anchored Slope under Static Load with Weak Interlayer

Sustainability 2022, 14(17), 10542; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710542
by Mengliang Gao 1, Haifeng Gao 2, Qiang Zhao 2, Zhihuan Chang 2 and Chenxi Miao 1,3,*
Reviewer 1:
Saurabh Rawat
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Sustainability 2022, 14(17), 10542; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710542
Submission received: 24 June 2022 / Revised: 19 August 2022 / Accepted: 21 August 2022 / Published: 24 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Approaches to Prevent Ground-Related Disasters)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The review comments are given in the annotated pdf attached.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

We would like to thank the reviewer for their time and thoughtful comments and criticisms. We have responded to your comments (Please see the attachment), and have made improvements to the manuscript as recommended.

Chen-Xi Miao (corresponding author)

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

This study investigates the stability of a rock slope with weak interlayer through both physical model test and numerical modelling. This reviewer has some comments. The general and detailed comments are as follows.

1. It seems that most of the results can be expected. Please highlight the novelty and uniqueness of this study.

2. The test is carried out in small scale, where is stress state is not correct when compared with field conditions in large scale. Please add discussion on this point.

3. In figure 4, the test values are much larger than the simulated values at high applied load. It is explained that the model test does not have a homogeneous soil layer during filling. Is this the only reason? Please also postulate other reasons.

4. Please provide some recommendations at the end regarding how to strengthen the rock slope with weak interlayer in field.

Author Response

Response to Reviewer 2 Comments, Please see the attachment.

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors have answered all the queries. 

Author Response

The authors  thank the reviewer for your time in effort in reviewing our manuscript.

Reviewer 2 Report

The authors have addressed my comments well. I have one more comment. "Wedge Failure" is observed in the test. Please explain and discuss the mechanisms behind. Also, are there any real case(s) in field, which shows "Wedge failure"? Please compare with the practical failure cases in literature. 

Author Response

Thanks to the suggestions of experts. Response to Reviewer 2 Comments, Please see the attachment.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

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