<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">"</b><font color="#ff0000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Application of coupled three-dimensional partially saturated groundwater flow and rigorous three-dimensional stability analysis to assessment of landslide potential</b></span></font><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">"</b><br><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></span></font><b style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="display:inline">Lorenza Spadoni</div></b><br><i style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">University of Camerino, Italy </i><br><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">A majority of the slope stability models represents shallow landslides in digital landscape and uses the one-dimensional infinite slope stability method, which neglects laterally constant stress and the effects of irregular topography. Moreover, the infinite slope method accuracy decreases when the ratio of slab depth to length increase, which leads to the over-prediction of unstable areas. In order to overcome these limitations, the limit equilibrium model was extended to three-dimensional topographies. In particular, the use of three-dimensional slope stability analysis based on two-directional moment equilibrium is able to treat asymmetrical planes and to compute the direction of potential sliding force. </span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Moreover, the majority of the slope failures during heavy rainfall are strongly associated with the increase of the soil saturation, which in turn cause the decrease in the shear strength of soils. For this reason, the contribution of the soil water pressure must be properly evaluated in order to improve the accuracy of the slope stability method. The Richards equation (Richards, 1931) is one of the main tools for simulating the three-dimensional water flow in porous media and for this reason its solution, coupled with a slope stability model, is an effective procedure to evaluate slope failures.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">In this work, we assess the slope stability by using a 3D limit equilibrium analysis coupled with a 3D groundwater flow model. In particular, we solved numerically the three-dimensional Richards equation and we use a 3D method of columns to compute the limit equilibrium analysis of the slip surfaces, given by the intersection of spherical trial surfaces with the soil columns defined by a DEM (digital elevation model) grid cells. The performances of this method are investigated in the assessment the slope stability in the colluvial basins of the Oregon Coast Range. Comparison of the infinite slope model against the 3D slope stability one in the observed area demonstrates the improvement in the accuracy of landslide predictions.</span></font></div><div><br></div><br><b style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="display:inline"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thursday, April 12th</font></div></font></div></b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">, 2018</font></b><br><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div style="display:inline">2</div></div></div></div></font></span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><div style="display:inline"><div 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