The mechanism of a railway landslide caused by rainfall

Landslides

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-156

  Xu, Qianjun ^a,b   Zhang, Limin ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Landslide; Limit equilibrium analysis; Rainfall; Retaining wall

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; MASONRY MATERIALS; MICA; RAILROADS; RAIN; RETAINING WALLS; SILICATE MINERALS; SLOPE PROTECTION;

DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FACTORS OF SAFETIES; FAILURE MECHANISM; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; SITE INVESTIGATIONS; WEATHERED MICAS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; LIMIT ANALYSIS; MASONRY; NATURAL HAZARD; QUARTZ; RAINFALL; RETAINING WALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 77953026038     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-010-0195-y     Document Type: Article

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