Abstract
In this study, the instability of rainfall-induced shallow landslides on Mt. Umyeonsan was examined by a coupled hydro-mechanical finite element (FE) model. Field and laboratory investigations were performed to explore mechanisms of shallow landslides and to determine the model parameters. The coupled hydro-mechanical FE model is shown to be capable of simulating the progressive failure of a slope within the soil layer. The slope failures occurred on the surficial layer-bedrock interface, which shows good agreement with the actual failure zone. Through comparisons with field investigations, the presented method reasonably identified the potential zone of landslide initiation as compared with a limit equilibrium method. Therefore, the coupled simulation allows both the hydraulic and mechanical behavior of slope to be considered and realistically modelled.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1002-1007 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2015 - Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan Duration: 2015 Nov 9 → 2015 Nov 13 |
Other
| Other | 15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2015 |
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| Country/Territory | Japan |
| City | Fukuoka, Kyushu |
| Period | 15/11/9 → 15/11/13 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. 2011-0030040).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
- Soil Science