Rainfall-Induced Soil Slope Failure

Rainfall-induced landslides are common around the world. With global climate change, their frequency is increasing and the consequences are becoming greater. Previous studies assess them mostly from the perspective of a single discipline—correlating landslides with rainstorms, geomorphology and hydrology in order to establish a threshold prediction value for rainfall-induced landslides; analyzing the slope’s stability using a geomechanical approach; or assessing the risk from field records.

Rainfall Induced Soil Slope Failure: Stability Analysis and Probabilistic Assessment

Additionally, the authors cover:

• The failure mechanisms of rainfall-induced slope failure
• Commonly used infiltration and stability methods
• The infiltration and stability of natural soil slopes with cracks and colluvium materials
• Stability evaluation methods based on probabilistic approaches
• The effect of spatial variability on unsaturated soil slopes and more