Infiltration analysis to evaluate the surficial stability of two-layered slopes considering rainfall characteristics

Engineering Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 32-43

  Cho, Sung Eun ^a  

^a Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Rainfall; Seepage; Slope stability; Suction; Unsaturated soil

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

APPROXIMATE METHODS; FINITE ELEMENTS; GENERAL SITUATIONS; GREEN-AMPT; INFILTRATION MODELS; INPUT PARAMETERS; LAYERED SLOPES; LAYERED SOILS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PERMEABLE SOILS; RAINFALL; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL EVENTS; RAINFALL INTENSITIES; RESIDUAL SOILS; RETURN PERIODS; SLOPE ANALYSIS; SLOPE FAILURES; SUCTION; UNSATURATED SOIL; WATER TABLES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFILTRATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESIDUAL SOIL; RETURN PERIOD; SEEPAGE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL PROFILE; SUCTION; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER TABLE;

EID: 63149177782     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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