Abstract

Slope failure accounts for the majority of sediment disasters due to heavy rain. Both occurrence of seepage flow and pore water pressure in the infinitely long earth slopes are well known causes of slope failure. However, a slope failure could occur in case where the soils in slope might not perfectly be saturated in a full scale model slope experiment. In this paper, the behavior both of rainfall infiltration and pore water pressure in the slope were simulated using a numerical analysis in order to elucidate the cause of slope failure.

Keywords:
positive water pressure, boundary, slope failure, infiltration, water behavior, model slope, infiltrate, reservoir simulation, tensiometer, model experiment
Subjects:
Reservoir Simulation, Information Management and Systems
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2014. International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
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