Landslides not only cause property losses,but also kill and injure large numbers of people every year in the mountainous areas. These losses and casualties may be avoided to some extent by early warning systems for la...Landslides not only cause property losses,but also kill and injure large numbers of people every year in the mountainous areas. These losses and casualties may be avoided to some extent by early warning systems for landslides. In this paper, a realtime monitoring network and a computer-aided automatic early warning system(EWS) are presented with details of their design and an example of application in the Longjingwan landslide, Kaiyang County, Guizhou Province. Then, according to principle simple method of landslide prediction, the setting of alarm levels and the design of appropriate counter-measures are presented. A four-level early warning system(Zero, Outlook, Attention and Warning) has been adopted, and the velocity threshold was selected as the main warning threshold for the landslide occurrence, but expert judgment is included in the EWS to avoid false alarms. A case study shows the applicability and reliability for landslide risk management, and recommendations are presented for other similar projects.展开更多
In southwest of China, landslide reactivation caused by excavation has caused huge property and human losses, and posed severely threaten to the construction and operation of the man-made linear structures. A reactiva...In southwest of China, landslide reactivation caused by excavation has caused huge property and human losses, and posed severely threaten to the construction and operation of the man-made linear structures. A reactivated landslide is a complex process. The engineering practices have shown that a correct understanding of the reactivated mechanism of an ancient giant landslide is significant for the landslide mitigation. In this paper, a case study of the ancient Badu landslide that underwent multiple reactivations during the construction of Nanning-Kunming railway was discussed. The landslide characteristics are described and the reactivated features and progressive failure of the landslide are revealed. The reactivated mechanism of the landslide is analyzed by use of geological process analysis method and is simulated using the 3D FEM （finite element method）. At last, the reactivated mechanism mode of Badu giant landslide is put forward, namely ＂creeping-tensile cracking-shear breaking with zoning and grading features＂. The understanding of this kind of reactivated mechanism had helped engineers to take efficient and economic mitigation measures to stabilize the landslide.展开更多
基金financially supported by the State Key Laboratory of Geo-hazard Prevention and Geo-environment Protection (Chengdu University of Technology) (Grant No. SKLGP2013Z007)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41302242)
文摘Landslides not only cause property losses,but also kill and injure large numbers of people every year in the mountainous areas. These losses and casualties may be avoided to some extent by early warning systems for landslides. In this paper, a realtime monitoring network and a computer-aided automatic early warning system(EWS) are presented with details of their design and an example of application in the Longjingwan landslide, Kaiyang County, Guizhou Province. Then, according to principle simple method of landslide prediction, the setting of alarm levels and the design of appropriate counter-measures are presented. A four-level early warning system(Zero, Outlook, Attention and Warning) has been adopted, and the velocity threshold was selected as the main warning threshold for the landslide occurrence, but expert judgment is included in the EWS to avoid false alarms. A case study shows the applicability and reliability for landslide risk management, and recommendations are presented for other similar projects.
文摘In southwest of China, landslide reactivation caused by excavation has caused huge property and human losses, and posed severely threaten to the construction and operation of the man-made linear structures. A reactivated landslide is a complex process. The engineering practices have shown that a correct understanding of the reactivated mechanism of an ancient giant landslide is significant for the landslide mitigation. In this paper, a case study of the ancient Badu landslide that underwent multiple reactivations during the construction of Nanning-Kunming railway was discussed. The landslide characteristics are described and the reactivated features and progressive failure of the landslide are revealed. The reactivated mechanism of the landslide is analyzed by use of geological process analysis method and is simulated using the 3D FEM （finite element method）. At last, the reactivated mechanism mode of Badu giant landslide is put forward, namely ＂creeping-tensile cracking-shear breaking with zoning and grading features＂. The understanding of this kind of reactivated mechanism had helped engineers to take efficient and economic mitigation measures to stabilize the landslide.
