Model test on the entrainment phenomenon and energy conversion mechanism of flow-like landslides

HQ Yang, SG **ng, Q Wang, Z Li - Engineering Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
A reduced-scale physical model test with a scale of 1: 2000 is designed based on the
Wenjia Gully landslides. By changing the volume and kinetic energy of the sliding mass, we …

Study on the extension mechanism of fissures in expansive soil based on fracture mechanics test method

Y Kong, Z Li, K Sun, Z Qi, R Hu - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Expansive soil, characterized by widespread fissures, is a special type of soil prone to
localized fissure propagation, leading to failure and instability, often resulting in landslides …

A phase-field model of frictional shear fracture in geologic materials

F Fei, J Choo - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Geologic shear fractures such as faults and slip surfaces involve marked friction along the
discontinuities as they are subjected to significant confining pressures. This friction plays a …

[HTML][HTML] Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method modelling of large deformation problems including strain-rate effects–Application to penetration and …

QA Tran, W Sołowski - Computers and Geotechnics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The article shows Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method numerical
simulation of the Sainte Monique landslide. The simulation uses a strain-rate dependent …

A practical approach for predicting landslide retrogression and run-out distances in sensitive clays

A Troncone, L Pugliese, A Parise, E Conte - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study a novel approach of practical interest is proposed to perform a predictive
analysis of the landslides in sensitive clays. Specifically, this approach allows a prediction of …

Failure mechanism, existing constitutive models and numerical modeling of landslides in sensitive clay: a review

ZA Urmi, A Saeidi, RVP Chavali, A Yerro - Geoenvironmental Disasters, 2023 - Springer
Landslides involving sensitive clays are recurrent events in the world's northern regions and
are especially notorious in eastern Canada. The two critical factors that separate sensitive …

A case study and implication: particle finite element modelling of the 2010 Saint-Jude sensitive clay landslide

X Zhang, L Wang, K Krabbenhoft, S Tinti - Landslides, 2020 - Springer
Modelling of landslides in sensitive clays has long been recognised as a challenge. The
strength reduction of sensitive clays when undergoing plastic deformation makes the failure …

Large deformation finite-element modelling of progressive failure leading to spread in sensitive clay slopes

R Dey, B Hawlader, R Phillips, K Soga - Géotechnique, 2015 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The occurrence of large landslides in sensitive clays, such as spreads, can be modelled by
progressive development of large inelastic shear deformation zones (shear bands). The …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of retrogressive landslide in sensitive clays by incorporating a novel strain softening law into the Material Point Method

ZA Urmi, A Yerro, A Saeidi, RVP Chavali - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Sensitive clays, when subjected to large strains, exhibit a unique strain-softening behavior,
transforming into a remolded liquid with remarkably low shear strength. When a slope fails …

Formation mechanism analysis of irrigation-induced retrogressive loess landslides

B Lian, J Peng, H Zhan, Q Huang, X Wang, S Hu - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Loess Plateau covers about 6.6% of the total land area of China. Landslides
are serious concerns in Loess Plateau of China, and the south **gyang tableland on the …