Experimental study on anti-eroding effect of slope protected by degradable geocell

Abstract In order to study the anti-erosion mechanism of the new degradable geocell which is designed for slope protection and the influence of rainfall intensity and materials on its anti-erosion performance, based on the laboratory simulated rainfall tests, the erosion damage mode and water erosion of slope under the protection of linen fiber and bamboo fiber braided geocell under different rainfall intensities are studied by taking photos of the slope surface and collecting and weighing the erosion material. The results show that the new type of degradable geocell for slope protection can effectively prevent the development of slope gullies, and the slope damage is mainly splash erosion and sheet erosion. The use of linen fiber and bamboo fiber braided geocell can effectively reduce the maximum water erosion by more than 10% and the accumulated water erosion by more than 20%. With the increase of rainfall intensity, the maximum water erosion and accumulated water erosion are increased, but the increase range is 20% ∼ 33% and 35% ∼ 57% lower than that of bare slope, respectively. The results show that the anti-erosion ability of bamboo fiber braided geocell is slightly better than that of linen fiber braided geocell, and the ratio of maximum water erosion and accumulated water erosion reduced is slightly higher than that of linen fiber braided geocell.