Citation

Comegna L, Picarelli L, Urciuoli G. Landslides 2007; 4(3): 217-232.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10346-007-0083-2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Data collected by monitoring suggest that the movement of mudslides essentially develops through alternating stages of undrained-drained deformation. Undrained conditions are established as a consequence of landslide mobilisation or reactivation. Every acceleration phase is followed by progressive deceleration associated with dissipation of excess pore pressure. This paper reports the results of some simple numerical analyses performed to investigate the role of pore pressure on mudslide behaviour.