Simple scaling of catastrophic landslide dynamics

G Ekström, CP Stark - Science, 2013 - science.org
Catastrophic landslides involve the acceleration and deceleration of millions of tons of rock
and debris in response to the forces of gravity and dissipation. Their unpredictability and …

Simulating the failure process of the Xinmo landslide using discontinuous deformation analysis

KT Chen, JH Wu - Engineering Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The Xinmo landslide slope in Sichuan, China, was stable during the intensive Wenchuan
Earthquake in 2008 but failed on June 24, 2017. Landslide debris buried Xinmo Village and …

Numerical simulation of a flow-like landslide using the particle finite element method

X Zhang, K Krabbenhoft, D Sheng, W Li - Computational Mechanics, 2015 - Springer
In this paper, an actual landslide process that occurred in Southern China is simulated by a
continuum approach, the particle finite element method (PFEM). The PFEM attempts to solve …

Post-failure simulations of a large slope failure using 3DEC: the Hsien-du-shan slope

JH Wu, WK Lin, HT Hu - Engineering geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The goal of this paper is to evaluate the post-failure behavior of the Hsien-du-shan rock
avalanche, which was triggered by Typhoon Morakot in 2009, using a three-dimensional …

Dynamic process simulation of the Xiaogangjian rockslide occurred in shattered mountain based on 3DEC and DFN

B Liu, K He, M Han, X Hu, T Wu, M Wu, G Ma - Computers and Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents the initiation and kinetics characteristics of the Xiaogangjian (XGJ)
rockslide failure via three-dimensional (3D) discrete element method (DEM) simulations …

Estimation of dynamic friction and movement history of large landslides

M Yamada, A Mangeney, Y Matsushi, T Matsuzawa - Landslides, 2018 - Springer
We performed seismic waveform inversions and numerical landslide simulations of deep-
seated landslides in Japan to understand the dynamic evolution of friction of the landslides …

Dynamics of the Bingham Canyon rock avalanches (Utah, USA) resolved from topographic, seismic, and infrasound data

JR Moore, KL Pankow, SR Ford… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2013 Bingham Canyon Mine rock avalanches represent one of the largest
cumulative landslide events in recorded US history and provide a unique opportunity to test …

The relationship between bulk‐mass momentum and short‐period seismic radiation in catastrophic landslides

C Hibert, G Ekström, CP Stark - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between bulk‐mass dynamic properties of catastrophic landslides and the
generation of short‐period seismic waves is investigated, with a particular focus on the …

A seismological study of landquakes using a real-time broad-band seismic network

CH Chen, WA Chao, YM Wu, L Zhao… - Geophysical Journal …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We detected 12 landquakes in Taiwan with collapse areas between 0.27 and 2.48 km2
associated with rock collapse, rockslide and debris and/or rock avalanche during the …

Nonhydrostatic granular flow over 3‐D terrain: New Boussinesq‐type gravity waves?

O Castro‐Orgaz, K Hutter, JV Giraldez… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding granular mass flow is a basic step in the prediction and control of natural or
man‐made disasters related to avalanches on the Earth. Savage and Hutter (1989) …