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The mechanical property of the gabion unit was investigated by using a refined model and a numerical test of uniaxial compression. This work developed a simplified method to simulate the seepage effect. The stress condition and sliding displacement between gabions were also investigated. Deformation, stress, and porosity were all used to evaluate the stability of the new type of gabion slope. According to this study, BFR has a tensile strength of 68.22 MPa, and the safety factor increased by 25.68% after using these BFR gabions. The damage is mainly manifested by bending the BFRs and the dislocation of the gabion units, as the slope does not slip. It is indicated this novel gabion structure has a lower safety risk compared to traditional ones, and thus can be popularized and used in retaining walls and slope protection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s22103645","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,10]],"date-time":"2022-05-10T21:52:11Z","timestamp":1652219531000},"page":"3645","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Safety Risk Analysis of a New Design of Basalt Fiber Gabion Slope Based on Improved 3D Discrete Element Method and Monitoring Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"22","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5878-6972","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jianjian","family":"Dai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Rail Transit, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9713-0535","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiangyang","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Rail Transit, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nan","family":"Ye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jilin Institute of Water Resources Research, Changchun 130022, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"459","DOI":"10.5194\/nhess-9-459-2009","article-title":"Experimental Study of the Impact Response of Geocells as Components of Rockfall Protection Embankments","volume":"9","author":"Lambert","year":"2009","journal-title":"Nat. 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