A numerical procedure for predicting rainfall-induced movements of active landslides along pre-existing slip surfaces

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-351

  Calvello, Michele ^a   Cascini, Leonardo ^a   Sorbino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active landslides; Groundwater modelling; Movements prediction; Optimization procedure; Rainfall induced movements

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PORE PRESSURE; RAIN;

ACTIVE LANDSLIDES; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; PORE WATER PRESSURES; RAINFALL-INDUCED MOVEMENTS;

LANDSLIDES;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PORE PRESSURE; RAIN;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 40749111413     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.624     Document Type: Article

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