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The influence of spatial variability of soil permeability on the risk of rainfall induced landslides
J Huang, A Ali, AV Lyamin, SW Sloan, DV Griffiths, MJ Cassidy, J Li
Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics Proceedings of the 14th Int Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics Iacmag 2014 | CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP | Published : 2015
DOI: 10.1201/b17435-222
Abstract
Rainfall induced landslides can vary in depth and deeper the landslide, greater is the damage it causes. This paper investigates, quantitatively, the risk of rainfall induced landslides by assessing the consequence of each failure. The influence of the spatial variability of the saturated hydraulic conductivity on the risk of landslides is studied. It is shown that a critical spatial correlation length exists at which the risk is a maximum. © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London.