Rainfall-induced landslides are common around the world. With global climate change, their frequency is increasing and the consequences are becoming greater. Previous studies assess them mostly from the perspective of a single discipline-correlating landslides with rainstorms, geomorphology and hydrology in order to establish a threshold prediction value for rainfall-induced landslides; analyzing the slope's stability using a geomechanical approach; or assessing the risk from field records.

Rainfall Induced Soil Slope Failure: Stability Analysis and Probabilistic Assessment

Additionally, the authors cover:

• The failure mechanisms of rainfall-induced slope failure
• Commonly used infiltration and stability methods
• The infiltration and stability of natural soil slopes with cracks and colluvium materials
• Stability evaluation methods based on probabilistic approaches
• The effect of spatial variability on unsaturated soil slopes and more

Lulu Zhang Lulu is a professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China.

Jinhui Li

Introduction. Infiltration and Seepage Analysis in Soil Slopes. Stability Analysis of Slope under Rainfall Infiltration Based on Limit Equilibrium. Coupled Hydromechanical Analysis for Unsaturated Soil Slope. Stability of Soil Slope with Cracks. Stability Analysis of Colluvium Slopes upon a Rainstorm. Reliability Analysis of Slope under Rainfall. Probabilistic Assessment of Random Heterogeneous Soil Slopes. Probabilistic Model Calibration.