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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Deterministic and Probabilistic Analyses of Slopes Reinforced with Vegetation

Authors : M. Pisano, G. Cardile, A. Ricciardi

Published in: Geotechnical Research for Land Protection and Development

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Abstract

Root reinforcement can be used conveniently for risk mitigation against shallow landslides as well as for slope erosion control. For taking into account the plants contribution, the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion can be modified using an additional term representing both the contributions of the tensile strength of roots and their spatial distribution inside the soil. This paper shows the results of several slope stability deterministic analyses under seismic conditions, carried out to study whether or not the vegetation effect is positive on slope stabilization. These analyses have been performed for different slope geometries using the pseudo-static approach applied to the simplified Bishop’s Method. Thereafter, the same slope geometries have been analysed by using the probabilistic approach in order to quantify the reliability level of these sustainable measures, since both soil and plants are characterised by high inherent uncertainty and variability.

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Metadata
Title
Deterministic and Probabilistic Analyses of Slopes Reinforced with Vegetation
Authors
M. Pisano
G. Cardile
A. Ricciardi
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Geotechnical Research for Land Protection and Development

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-21358-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-21359-6

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21359-6_40