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Rainfall Impact Force Versus Rise in PWP: A Study of Darjeeling Himalayan Landslide
The Himalayas contributes to more than 70% of deadly landslides globally, with the majority of destructive landslides occurring in India due to the region's high rainfall, prolonged monsoon, strong seismicity, youthful geology, and rough terrain. Landslides in the Himalayan region interrupt local people's way of life and cause significant financial and human losses during the monsoon season. The goal of the current study is to determine the design rainfall intensity and its impact on slope stability. A thorough hydrological analysis of the area has been conducted for this, along with field monitoring. The effects of raindrop impact force and excess pore pressure development as a result of the impact have also been investigated, taking into account the lengthy monsoon and frequent high-intensity storms in the study area. To continuously track rainfall and pore water pressure, tipping bucket rain gauges and vibrating wire piezometers were installed. Equipment to measure raindrop impact force has been designed and manufactured to continually record the rainfall impact force. The water level in standpipes was measured using a digital water level indicator to track changes in groundwater levels. This study's main goal is to measure the impact force of raindrops and how that impact affects the formation of pore water pressure on the Himalayan region's slopes. Tindharia, a landslide site in the Darjeeling Himalayas of Eastern India that was caused by rainfall, was chosen for this (26°51′14.55ʺ N, 88°20′13.12ʺ E).
Rainfall Impact Force Versus Rise in PWP: A Study of Darjeeling Himalayan Landslide
The Himalayas contributes to more than 70% of deadly landslides globally, with the majority of destructive landslides occurring in India due to the region's high rainfall, prolonged monsoon, strong seismicity, youthful geology, and rough terrain. Landslides in the Himalayan region interrupt local people's way of life and cause significant financial and human losses during the monsoon season. The goal of the current study is to determine the design rainfall intensity and its impact on slope stability. A thorough hydrological analysis of the area has been conducted for this, along with field monitoring. The effects of raindrop impact force and excess pore pressure development as a result of the impact have also been investigated, taking into account the lengthy monsoon and frequent high-intensity storms in the study area. To continuously track rainfall and pore water pressure, tipping bucket rain gauges and vibrating wire piezometers were installed. Equipment to measure raindrop impact force has been designed and manufactured to continually record the rainfall impact force. The water level in standpipes was measured using a digital water level indicator to track changes in groundwater levels. This study's main goal is to measure the impact force of raindrops and how that impact affects the formation of pore water pressure on the Himalayan region's slopes. Tindharia, a landslide site in the Darjeeling Himalayas of Eastern India that was caused by rainfall, was chosen for this (26°51′14.55ʺ N, 88°20′13.12ʺ E).
Rainfall Impact Force Versus Rise in PWP: A Study of Darjeeling Himalayan Landslide
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Shukla, Sanjay Kumar (editor) / Raman, Sudharshan N. (editor) / Bhattacharjee, B. (editor) / Singh, Priyanka (editor) / Ankit, Singh (author) / Kundu, P. K. (author) / Rao, K. S. (author)
International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering ; 2022 ; Noida, India
2023-06-22
8 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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