Rainfall-Induced Soil Slope Failure

Lulu Zhang Lulu is a professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China.Jinhui Li is an associate professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China.Xu Li is an associate professor at Beijing Jiaotong University, China.Jie Zhang is an associate professor at Tongji University, China.Hong Zhu is a research assistant at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

• Introduction. Infiltration and Seepage Analysis in Soil Slopes. Stability Analysis of Slope under Rainfall Infiltration Based on Limit Equilibrium. Coupled Hydromechanical Analysis for Unsaturated Soil Slope. Stability of Soil Slope with Cracks. Stability Analysis of Colluvium Slopes upon a Rainstorm. Reliability Analysis of Slope under Rainfall. Probabilistic Assessment of Random Heterogeneous Soil Slopes. Probabilistic Model Calibration.

"The authors are to be commended for bringing together the many components related to rainfall induced landslides. I foresee that this book will be well-received by practicing engineers and researchers, and I believe that the book will form a reference book that is in demand in university libraries. I am sure that the book will be in demand and meet an important need."—Delwyn G. Fredlund, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan, Canada"This book concisely presents the fundamental mechanics behind rain-induced soil slope failures: rainfall infiltration in soil slopes, slope stability under rainfall infiltration, and hydro-mechanical coupled deformation. The concepts and analyses are presented clearly from the first principle with a strong physical sense. Some advanced topics, such as hydro-mechanical coupled numerical analysis in unsaturated soils, are approached in a plain manner with hand-on tutorials. The analysis of the stability of slopes with cracks is an excellent addition—practitioners are aware of the vital importance of cracks but few have the knowhow to quantify cracks and their effects. The book is therefore an excellent text for graduate students and a good reference for geologists and engineers." —Limin Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology"The book is an important contribution to unsaturated soil mechanics and slope stability analysis... The authors present state-of-the art techniques in analysis and provide an exhaustive bibliography."--Wei Wu, Acta Geotechnica