Constitutive Model of Shallow Landslides Catastrophe Theory under the Heavy Rainfall

Abstract:

Heavy rainfall has important implications to shallow landslide stability. In the paper, the relationship between the soil moisture content and soil shear strength and between surface displacements of landslide and rainfall were studied. Their statistical relationships were established. Relationship between soil moisture content and shear strength should be fitted using the logarithmic function. Relationship between soil slope and rainfall displacement should adopt the power function fit. Constitutive model of catastrophe theory of heavy rainfall landslides stability was known, which it is very important to provide a theoretical basis for prediction.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 166-169)
• Pages: 2718-2721
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.166-169.2718
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Sheng Guo Cheng, Hong Zheng
• Keywords: Catastrophe Theory, Constitutive Model, Heavy Rain, Shallow Landslide

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