Recent Advances in Modeling Landslides and Debris Flows

✍ Scribed by Wei Wu (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 318
• Series: Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Landslides and debris flows belong to the most dangerous natural hazards in many parts of the world. Despite intensive research, these events continue to result in human suffering, property losses, and environmental degradation every year. Better understanding of the mechanisms and processes of landslides and debris flows will help make reliable predictions, develop mitigation strategies and reduce vulnerability of infrastructure.

This book presents contributions to the workshop on Recent Developments in the Analysis, Monitoring and Forecast of Landslides and Debris Flow, in Vienna, Austria, September 9, 2013. The contributions cover a broad spectrum of topics from material behavior, physical modelling over numerical simulation to applications and case studies. The workshop is a joint event of three research projects funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Program: MUMOLADE (Multiscale modelling of landslides and debris flows, www.mumolade.com), REVENUES (Numerical Analysis of Slopes with Vegetations, http://www.revenues-eu.com) and HYDRODRIL (Integrated Risk Assessment of Hydrologically-Driven Landslides, www.boku.ac.at/igt/).

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-8
Some Ideas on Constitutive Modeling of Debris Materials....Pages 1-9
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation into Unsaturated Soil Constitutive Relationship – Preliminary Studies....Pages 11-17
Shear Behaviors of Saturated Loess in Naturally Drained Ring-Shear Tests....Pages 19-27
Soil Aggregate Stability in Eco-engineering: Comparison of Field and Laboratory Data with an Outlook on a New Modelling Approach....Pages 29-47
Centrifuge Model Test of a Bamboo Crib Wall....Pages 49-56
Viscous Effects on Granular Mixtures in a Rotating Drum....Pages 57-71
Centrifuge Model Tests of Rainfall-Induced Landslides....Pages 73-83
Shallow Tunnelling in Partially Saturated Soil Numerical Analysis of the Contribution of Dewatering to the Enhancement of Face Stability....Pages 85-94
Modeling the Impact of Granular Flow against an Obstacle....Pages 95-105
One-Dimensional Transient Analysis of Rainfall Infiltration in Unsaturated Volcanic Ash....Pages 107-118
Investigations of Gravity-Driven Two-Phase Debris Flows....Pages 119-130
Lattice-Boltzmann Method for Geophysical Plastic Flows....Pages 131-140
Modelling of a Free Surface Flow at Variable Gravity Conditions with SPH....Pages 141-149
The Role of Phase Transition in Slope Stability Analyses....Pages 151-161
Effect of Vegetation on Stability of Soil Slopes: Numerical Aspect....Pages 163-177
Landslide Susceptibility Analysis and Mapping Using Statistical Multivariate Techniques: Pahuatlán, Puebla, Mexico....Pages 179-194
Application of the Program PCSiWaPro ® for the Stability Analysis in Earth Dams and Dikes Considering the Influence from Vegetation and Precipitation— A Case Study in China....Pages 195-209
A Pile-Soil Separation Concerned Model for Laterally Loaded Piles in Layered Soils....Pages 211-228
The Effect of Overconsolidation and Particle Shape on the CPT End Resistance of Granular Soils....Pages 229-238
Depositional Regularities Analysis of Incompetent Beds in Dam Foundation of Xiaonanhai Reservoir Using Markov Chain....Pages 239-251
Physically – Based Critical Rainfall Thresholds for Unsaturated Soil Slopes....Pages 253-264
Numerical Simulations of the Mechanical Contribution of the Plant Roots to Slope Stability....Pages 265-274
Study on Morphological Characteristics of Coarse Particles in Sliding Zones of Huangtupo Landslide in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China....Pages 275-287
Study of a Model Slope Reinforced with Jute....Pages 289-305
Soil Nailing, the Variable Static System of the Future....Pages 307-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-323

✦ Subjects

Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences