Abstract: Cracks are a common disease affecting slope stability,in engineering,anti-slip piles are often used to reinforce the slopes for improvement of the stability of cracked slopes.A three-dimensional cracked slope rotational failure mechanism with anti-slip pile reinforcement is constructed in this paper,and the power expression of anti-slip pile lateral resistance is derived based on the assumption of the plastic state of soil between piles,and the safety factor of three-dimensional cracked slopes with different reinforcement locations and reinforcement density of anti-slip piles is calculated.Parametric studies imply that the anti-slip pile reinforcement measures can effectively reduce the maximum depth of cracks and significantly improves the stability of the slope.There is a significant negative correlation between the safety coefficient of cracked slopes and the maximum depth of cracks,which can be used as an effective indicator to determine the sensitivity of slopes to natural cracks.As the position of anti-slip piles moves from the slope toe to the slope crest,the safety factor of slopes first increases and then decreases,showing a significant unimodal behavior.

Key words: anti-slip pile, cracking, three-dimensional slope, stability