Boundary effects of rainfall-induced landslides

Title: Boundary effects of rainfall-induced landslides
Creator: Ali, Abid; Huang, Jinsong; Lyamin, A. V.; Sloan, S. W.; Cassidy, M. J.
Relation: Australian Research Council
Relation: Computers and Geotechnics Vol. 61, p. 341-354
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2014.05.019
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2014
Description: In the study of landslides, it is generally assumed that an impermeable boundary exists at a certain depth and failure occurs at this boundary. In reality this is not always the case and failures can occur at any depth. This paper aims to study the effect of boundary conditions on landslides, using a series of seepage and stability analyses performed over a range of rainfall intensities, and for different failure mechanisms, by studying the failure time and depths corresponding to fully drained, partially drained, and impermeable boundaries. It is shown that these conditions can significantly affect the occurrence and depth of rainfall-induced landslides.
Subject: boundary conditions; landslides; rainfall; drainage; hydraulic conductivity; infinite slope
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1060965
Identifier: uon:16850
Identifier: ISSN:0266-352X
Language: eng
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