Upper-bound limit analysis of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall

• Main Authors: Huang, Wengui, Leong, Eng-Choon, Rahardjo, Harianto
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Unsaturated Soil Slope; Pore-water Pressure
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139455
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents an analytical framework for the stability analysis of unsaturated soil slopes under rainfall. The conventional log-spiral upper bound limit analysis for dry and saturated soil slopes is extended to unsaturated soil slopes by incorporating matric suction and rainfall infiltration....