Rainfall-induced soil slope failure : stability analysis and probabilistic assessment /: stability analysis and probabilistic assessment. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Authors, Lulu Zhang, Jinhui Li, Xu Li, Jie Zhang, and Hong Zhu.
• Authors: Zhang, Lulu; Li, Jinhui; Li, Xu; Zhang, Jie; Zhu, Hong
• Contents: 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 Equation; Typical Pore-Water Pressure Profiles under Rainfall Condition; Soil Conditions under Which Matric Suction Can Be Maintained; References; ; Stability Analysis of Slope Under Rainfall Infiltration Based on Limit Equilibrium; Introduction; Infinite-Slope Stability Analysis Based on 1D Infiltration Profile; Slope Stability Analysis Based on Limit Equilibrium Methods; Controlling Factors for Rainfall-Induced Landslides; Spatially Distributed Model of Hazard Assessment of Rainfall-Induced Landslides; References; ; Coupled Hydromechanical Analysis for Unsaturated Soil Slope; Introduction; Modeling of Unsaturated Soil Based on Continuity Mechanics; Slope Stability Analysis Based on Coupled Modeling; Illustrative Examples; References; ; Stability of Soil Slope with Cracks; Introduction; Prediction of Unsaturated Hydraulic Functions of Cracked Soil; Example; Stability of Soil Slope with Cracks; References; ; Stability Analysis of Colluvium Slopes upon a Rainstorm; Introduction; Hydraulic Properties of Colluvial Soils; Shear Strength of Colluvial Soils; An Example; References; ; Reliability Analysis of Slope under Rainfall; Introduction; Fundamental Concept of Reliability; Reliability Methods and Applications on Slope Stability; Uncertainties of Soil Properties; Effects of Uncertainty of Hydraulic Properties on Infiltration and Slope Stability; Reliability Analysis of Rainfall-Induced Slope Failure: An Example of the Sau Mau Ping Landslide; Quantitative Risk Assessment of Landslide and Risk Acceptance Criteria; References; ; Probabilistic Assessment of Random Heterogeneous Soil Slopes; Spatial Variability of Soils; Random Field Theory; Modeling of Random Field; Seepage and Stability of a Random Heterogeneous Slope under Rainfall Infiltration; References; ; Probabilistic Model Calibration; Introduction; Probabilistic Model Calibration within Bayesian Framework; Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation Method; Procedures for Probabilistic Model Calibration and Prediction; Example 1: A Cut Slope Failure; Example 2: Lai Ping Road Landslide; Example 3: An Instrumented Site of Natural Terrain in Hong Kong; References;
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (374 pages), (48 illustrations)
• Subjects: 551.307; Landslide hazard analysis -- Statistical methods; Landslides -- Risk assessment -- Statistical methods; Rainfall probabilities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315351179
• Related ISBNs: 131535117X
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