Calculation of Wave-Induced Shallow Stratum Seabed Slides in the Subaqueous Yellow River Delta

Wave-induced seabed slide could happen even at very gently sloping silty seabed. Based on the wave-seabed interaction, the safety coefficient calculation model of wave-induced gentle seabed slides in the seabed instability was carried out using limit equilibrium method, Bishop Method, in this paper. The calculated results shows that the effective internal cohesion c^′ and the effective internal friction angle φ^′ affect the location of slip surface and the magnitude of the safety coefficient significantly. The safety coefficient rises linearly with the increases of c^′ and φ^′ at a fixed depth. The results fit reasonable well with the slide calculation results from a wave flume experiment in laboratory. Additionally, it was concluded that the silty seabed tended to slide under wave actions at the depth less than 5 meters in the Yellow River Subaqueous Delta.