This paper presents a procedure to assess the vulnerability of tailings dams to failure due to
flow liquefaction. Vulnerability is understood as the inability of a system to resist adverse …

Earthquake-induced diffuse landslide can cause considerable harm. This study used
discrete element modeling (DEM) to investigate the diffuse failure of soil slopes triggered by …

Flow-type landslides are a major global hazard. They occur worldwide, and are responsible
for a large number of casualties, significant structural damage to property and infrastructure …

Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, a large number of landslide disasters occur every year
in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, which causes serious property loss and casualties. In …

In this study, the dynamic process of soil landslides is investigated using the material point
method (MPM). A basal friction algorithm is developed based on the MPM, and the pore …

Sand and soil are comprised of large amounts of discrete particles, which may lead to a
transition between solid and fluid-like states in large deformation problems. How to deal with …

Given the contrasting behaviour observed for geomaterials, for example, during landslides
of the flow type, this contribution proposes an original constitutive model, which associates …

Earthflows are clay‐rich, slow‐moving landslides subjected to periodic accelerations. During
the stage of rapid movement, most earthflows exhibit a change in behavior from a solid to a …

This study presents a novel formulation for incorporating anisotropy into the generalized
plasticity constitutive model. Generalized plasticity is a hierarchical framework allowing for …

Rock avalanches move large volumes of material causing a highly destructive power over
large areas. In these events, it is possible to monitor the evolution of slopes but failure …