Natural and Artificial Unsaturated Soil Slopes

• Other Authors: Vassallo, Roberto (Editor), Comegna, Luca (Editor), Valentino, Roberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; landslide; soil slide; LAMP; soil water content; soil moisture; monitoring; calibration; installation; rainfall; debris flow; in situ characterization; triaxial tests; unsaturated conditions; unsaturated slope; Ruedlingen field experiment; lateral resistance; limit equilibrium solution; riverbank; unsaturated soils; water retention curve; unsaturated permeability curve; transient seepage; slope stability; pyroclastic soils; infiltration; capillary barriers; stability analysis; water retention; suction; silty sands; commercial experimental techniques; n/a
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Mechanical and hydraulic soil properties are strongly affected by the degree of saturation, with important consequences for earthen embankments, soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions, geoenvironmental applications, and risk mitigation. The presence of sloping ground surfaces is common. In slightly...