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Landslides
  • Types, Mechanisms and Modeling
  • Edited by John J. Clague, Douglas Stead
  • Published online:
    05 May 2013
    Print publication:
    23 August 2012
  • Landslides have geological causes but can be triggered by natural processes (rainfall, snowmelt, erosion and earthquakes) or by human actions such as agriculture and construction. Research aimed at better understanding slope stability and failure has accelerated in recent years, accompanied by basic field research and numerical modeling of slope failure processes, mechanisms of debris movement, and landslide causes and triggers. Written by seventy-five world-leading researchers and practitioners, this book provides a state-of-the-art summary of landslide science. It features both field geology and engineering approaches, as well as modeling of slope failure and run-out using a variety of numerical codes. It is illustrated with international case studies integrating geological, geotechnical and remote sensing studies, and includes recent slope investigations in North America, Europe and Asia. This is an essential reference for researchers and graduate students in geomorphology, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and geophysics, as well as professionals in natural hazard analysis.

  • 13 - Numerical modeling of rock-slope instability

  • Edited by John J. Clague, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Douglas Stead, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book:
    Landslides
    Published online:
    05 May 2013
    Print publication:
    23 August 2012, pp 144-158

  • Summary

    Abstract

    The last decade has seen considerable advances in the application of numerical modeling to rock slopes. In this chapter we present the current state of the art, beginning with simple kinematic and limit equilibrium approaches and then moving on to continuum and discontinuum modeling techniques. We review the available brittle fracture modeling methods and finally discuss some of the future challenges facing the successful application of numerical models.