Effects of Water on Slope Stability
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 December 2021) | Viewed by 3484
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil mechanics; numerical analysis; slope stability; landslides
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Interests: soil mechanics; foundations; slope stability; landslides
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, "Effects of Water on Slope Stability", deals with a topic of great interest for many practical and scientific reasons. Water may cause unstable conditions in slopes, and is a primary cause of landslides. Landslides are globally recognized as one of the most dangerous natural disasters in terms of the safety of people, infrastructure, and economic activities. Landslides can occur owing to intense rainfall, snowmelt, changes in groundwater level in slopes, and changes in water level of water reservoirs at the base of natural or artificial slopes, and along coastlines. These triggering factors, as well as the properties of the involved materials, significantly influence the deformation mechanisms leading the slope to failure and the following landslide kinematics. For example, a catastrophic and fast movement of rock and soil masses could be caused after long rainy periods, or an ancient landslide body might be reactivated due to groundwater level oscillations. For these reasons, water is a dominant cause of landslides and, therefore, studying its effects on slope stability is of paramount importance.
The present Special Issue will welcome contributions concerning case studies and methods for slope stability analysis. Specifically, papers focusing on the following topics will be appreciated: rainfall-induced landslides, landslides activated by groundwater fluctuations, drainage systems for the slope stabilization and methods for their design, and the development of new monitoring techniques and forecasting models for early warning systems.
Prof. Dr. Antonello Troncone
Prof. Dr. Enrico Conte
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landslides
- slope stability
- water seepage
- rain infiltration
- groundwater level
- analysis method
- drainage measures
- monitoring
