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Landslide analysis of unsaturated soil slopes based on rainfall and matric suction data
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6425-8022
Abstract Shallow slope failures that occur as a result of a decrease in matric suction after water infiltration from intense rains (unsaturated soil conditions) are the main causes of slope instability in tropical and subtropical regions. This study analyzes the occurrence of shallow landslides in a highway cutting of residual soil originating from aeolian sandstone. Characterization of failure mechanisms and stability analyses have been carried out in different scenarios and supported by surface and subsurface investigations, instrumentation and monitoring of rainfall, matric suction, and water level, field tests, and laboratory tests. The results indicate that the reduction in matric suction induced by rainwater infiltration is the triggering mechanism of slope failure. Conventional slope stability analyses and analyses incorporating unsaturated seepage models present results compatible with the hydrological and geotechnical data collected in the study. On the basis of these analyses, and considering the frequent rainfall events in the study area, a critical geometric configuration is proposed for the triggering of landslides in highway cutting slopes of residual soils of aeolian sandstone.
Landslide analysis of unsaturated soil slopes based on rainfall and matric suction data
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6425-8022
Abstract Shallow slope failures that occur as a result of a decrease in matric suction after water infiltration from intense rains (unsaturated soil conditions) are the main causes of slope instability in tropical and subtropical regions. This study analyzes the occurrence of shallow landslides in a highway cutting of residual soil originating from aeolian sandstone. Characterization of failure mechanisms and stability analyses have been carried out in different scenarios and supported by surface and subsurface investigations, instrumentation and monitoring of rainfall, matric suction, and water level, field tests, and laboratory tests. The results indicate that the reduction in matric suction induced by rainwater infiltration is the triggering mechanism of slope failure. Conventional slope stability analyses and analyses incorporating unsaturated seepage models present results compatible with the hydrological and geotechnical data collected in the study. On the basis of these analyses, and considering the frequent rainfall events in the study area, a critical geometric configuration is proposed for the triggering of landslides in highway cutting slopes of residual soils of aeolian sandstone.
Landslide analysis of unsaturated soil slopes based on rainfall and matric suction data
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6425-8022
Abstract Shallow slope failures that occur as a result of a decrease in matric suction after water infiltration from intense rains (unsaturated soil conditions) are the main causes of slope instability in tropical and subtropical regions. This study analyzes the occurrence of shallow landslides in a highway cutting of residual soil originating from aeolian sandstone. Characterization of failure mechanisms and stability analyses have been carried out in different scenarios and supported by surface and subsurface investigations, instrumentation and monitoring of rainfall, matric suction, and water level, field tests, and laboratory tests. The results indicate that the reduction in matric suction induced by rainwater infiltration is the triggering mechanism of slope failure. Conventional slope stability analyses and analyses incorporating unsaturated seepage models present results compatible with the hydrological and geotechnical data collected in the study. On the basis of these analyses, and considering the frequent rainfall events in the study area, a critical geometric configuration is proposed for the triggering of landslides in highway cutting slopes of residual soils of aeolian sandstone.
Landslide analysis of unsaturated soil slopes based on rainfall and matric suction data
Augusto Filho, Oswaldo (author) / Fernandes, Mariana Alher (author)
2018
Article (Journal)
English
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