Rainfall-Induced Soil Slope Failure

NOTE EDITORE

Rainfall-induced landslides are common around the world. With global climate change, their frequency is increasing and the consequences are becoming greater. Previous studies assess them mostly from the perspective of a single discipline—correlating landslides with rainstorms, geomorphology and hydrology in order to establish a threshold prediction value for rainfall-induced landslides; analyzing the slope’s stability using a geomechanical approach; or assessing the risk from field records. Rainfall Induced Soil Slope Failure: Stability Analysis and Probabilistic Assessment integrates probabilistic approaches with the geotechnical modeling of slope failures under rainfall conditions with unsaturated soil. It covers theoretical models of rainfall infiltration and stability analysis, reliability analysis based on coupled hydro-mechanical modelling, stability of slopes with cracks, gravels and spatial heterogenous soils, and probabilistic model calibration based on measurement. It focuses on the uncertainties involved with rainfall-induced landslides and presents state-of-the art techniques and methods which characterize the uncertainties and quantify the probabilities and risk of rainfall-induced landslide hazards. Additionally, the authors cover: The failure mechanisms of rainfall-induced slope failure Commonly used infiltration and stability methods The infiltration and stability of natural soil slopes with cracks and colluvium materials Stability evaluation methods based on probabilistic approaches The effect of spatial variability on unsaturated soil slopes and more

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Introduction Slope Failures under Rainfall and Failure Mechanisms Recent Advances and Hot Research Topics Outline of the Book References Infiltration and Seepage Analysis in Soil Slopes Introduction Estimation of Infiltration Rate Based on Conceptual Model Seepage Analysis in Unsaturated Soil Slopes Based on Physical Governing Equation Analytical Solutions of the Richards Equation Numerical Analysis of the Richards EquationTypical Pore-Water Pressure Profiles under Rainfall ConditionSoil Conditions under Which Matric Suction Can Be MaintainedReferences Stability Analysis of Slope Under Rainfall Infiltration Based on Limit EquilibriumIntroductionInfinite-Slope Stability Analysis Based on 1D Infiltration ProfileSlope Stability Analysis Based on Limit Equilibrium MethodsControlling Factors for Rainfall-Induced LandslidesSpatially Distributed Model of Hazard Assessment of Rainfall-Induced LandslidesReferencesCoupled Hydromechanical Analysis for Unsaturated Soil SlopeIntroductionModeling of Unsaturated Soil Based on Continuity MechanicsSlope Stability Analysis Based on Coupled ModelingIllustrative ExamplesReferences Stability of Soil Slope with CracksIntroductionPrediction of Unsaturated Hydraulic Functions of Cracked SoilExampleStability of Soil Slope with CracksReferences Stability Analysis of Colluvium Slopes upon a RainstormIntroductionHydraulic Properties of Colluvial SoilsShear Strength of Colluvial SoilsAn ExampleReferences Reliability Analysis of Slope under RainfallIntroductionFundamental Concept of ReliabilityReliability Methods and Applications on Slope StabilityUncertainties of Soil PropertiesEffects of Uncertainty of Hydraulic Properties on Infiltration and Slope StabilityReliability Analysis of Rainfall-Induced Slope Failure: An Example of the Sau Mau Ping LandslideQuantitative Risk Assessment of Landslide and Risk Acceptance CriteriaReferences Probabilistic Assessment of Random Heterogeneous Soil SlopesSpatial Variability of SoilsRandom Field TheoryModeling of Random FieldSeepage and Stability of a Random Heterogeneous Slope under Rainfall InfiltrationReferences Probabilistic Model CalibrationIntroductionProbabilistic Model Calibration within Bayesian FrameworkMarkov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation MethodProcedures for Probabilistic Model Calibration and PredictionExample 1: A Cut Slope FailureExample 2: Lai Ping Road LandslideExample 3: An Instrumented Site of Natural Terrain in Hong KongReferences

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Lulu Zhang Lulu is a professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. Jinhui Li is an associate professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Xu Li is an associate professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, China. Jie Zhang is an associate professor at Tongji University, China. Hong Zhu is a research assistant at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781498752794
• Dimensioni: 10 x 7 in Ø 2.55 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 293 b/w images, 20 color images, 48 tables and 321 lines of equations, 839 total equations, 7 in text boxes
• Pagine Arabe: 374
• Pagine Romane: xxiv