Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 59, Issue 6, Pages 1285-1295Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0116-3
Keywords
Shallow landslides; Degree of saturation; Unit weight; Unsaturated shear strength
Funding
- National Science Council of the Republic of China [NSC 97-2625-M415-001]
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The empirical rainfall threshold concept and the physical-based model are two commonly used approaches for the assessment of shallow landslides triggered by rainfall. To investigate in detail the rainfall-triggered shallow landslides, many physical-based models coupling the infinite slope stability analysis with the rainfall infiltration modeling in variably saturated soil were developed. However, in those physical-based shallow landslide models, the unit weight and the unsaturated shear strength were assumed constant rather than depending on the degree of saturation. In this study, the effects of the unit weight and the unsaturated shear strength as function of degree of saturation on rainfall-triggered shallow landslides are examined. Several designed scenarios and a real case scenario are used to conduct the examinations. The results show that not only the occurrence of shallow landslides but also the failure depth and the time to failure could be misassessed if the influences of degree of saturation on the unit weight and the unsaturated shear strength are neglected.
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