Print Email Facebook Twitter Infiltration-induced Slope Instability Title Infiltration-induced Slope Instability: A multi-scale approach Author Casini, Francesca (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) Askarinejad, A. (TU Delft Geo-engineering) Springman, S. M. (ETH Zürich) Date 2016 Abstract Precipitation, together with erosion and earthquakes, have been recognized as the main triggering factors of shallow landslides. However, there are relatively few well-documented cases where direct relationships could be established between occurrence and features of shallow landslides, the rainfall characteristics (e.g. intensity, duration) and water retention curves. A field experiment has been performed on a steep forested slope located on the east-facing banks of the river Rhine in Ruedlingen, northern Switzerland. The aim of the experiments was to study the triggering mechanisms of the landslides induced by rainfall. The pore pressure and the degree of saturation, which are linked through the water retention curve, represent two of the main variables affecting the mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils, and their relationships to rainfall are complex. The difference in the determination of water retention curves at different scales are analysed in this paper for Ruedlingen soil together with their effects on mechanical behaviour at multi-scale To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d306b4da-ed7d-4be1-9442-4914702e4207 DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160904005 Source 3rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils – “E-UNSAT 2016”: Paris, France, September 14-16,2016, 9 Event 3rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 2016-09-12 → 2016-09-14, Paris, France Series E3S WEb of Conferences 9, 2267-1242, 9 (04005) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 Francesca Casini, A. Askarinejad, S. M. Springman Files PDF e3sconf_eunsat2016_04005.pdf 3.36 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d306b4da-ed7d-4be1-9442-4914702e4207/datastream/OBJ/view