Introduction to the Physics of Landslides by Fabio Vittorio De Blasio
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Introduction to the Physics of Landslides

Introduction to the Physics of Landslides


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Preface.- 1. Introduction and problems.- 1.1 Landslides: an overview.- 1.1.1. What is a landslide?.- 1.1.2. Landslides as a geological hazard.- 1.1.3. Landslides as a geomorphic driving force.- 1.1.4. Physical aspects of landslides.- 1.2. Types of landslides.- 1.2.1. Geometrical characteristics of a landslide.- 1.2.2. Description of the seven types of movements.- 1.3. A physical classification of Gravity Mass Flows.- 2. Friction, cohesion, and slope stability.- 2.1. Friction and Cohesion.- 2.1.1. Normal and shear stresses.- 2.1.2. Friction.- 2.1.3. Cohesion.- 2.2. Slope Stability 2.2.1. A few words on slope stability.- 2.2.2. An example: layered slope. 2.2.3. A few basics concepts of soil mechanics and an application to slumps.- 2.2.4. Other factors contributing to instability.- 3. Introduction to fluid mechanics.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.1.1. What is a fluid?.- 3.2.Fluid static.- 3.3. Simple treatment of some topics in fluid dynamics.- 3.3.1. Fluid flow (key concept: velocity field, streamlines, streamtubes).- 3.3.2. Fluid flow in a pipe with a constriction (key concepts: continuity, incompressibility).- 3.3.3. Lift force on a half-cylinder (key concept: energy conservation and the Bernoulli equation).- 3.3.4. Flow of a plate on a viscous fluid (key concepts: no-slip condition, viscosity, Newtonian fluids).- 3.3.5. Fluid pattern around a cylinder (key concepts: Reynolds number, turbulence).- 3.4. Microscopic model of a fluid and mass conservation.- 3.4.1. The pressure in a gas is due to the impact of molecules.- 3.4.2. Viscosity.- 3.5. Conservation of mass: the continuity equation.- 3.5.1. Flux.- 3.5.2. Continuity equation in Cartesian coordinates.- 3.6. A more rigorous approach to Fluid Mechanics: momentum and Navier-Stokes equation.- 3.6.1. Lagrangian and Eulerian viewpoints.- 3.6.2. Momentum equation.- 3.6.3. Analysis of the forces.- 3.6.4. Adding up the rheological properties: the Navier-Stokes equation.- 3.7. Some applications.- 3.7.1. Dimensionless numbers in fluid dynamics.- 3.7.2. Application to open flow of infinite width channel.- 4. Non-Newtonian fluids, mudflows, and debris flows: a rheological approach.- 4.1. Momentum equations, rheology, and fluid flow.- 4.2. Dirty water: the rheology of dilute suspensions.- 4.3. Very dirty water: rheology of clay slurries and muds.- 4.3.1. Clay mixtures.- 4.3.2. Interaction between clay particles.- 4.3.2. Rheology of clay mixtures and other fluids.- 4.3.4. Bingham and Herschel Bulkley.- 4.3.5. Shear strength as a function of the solid concentration.- 4.3.6. Relationship between soil properties and fluid dynamics properties.- 4.4. Behavior of a mudflow described by Bingham rheology: one-dimensional system.- 4.5. Flow of a Bingham fluid in a channel.- 4.6. Rheological flows: general properties.- 4.6.1. Introduction.- 4.6.2. Geological Materials of rheological flows.- 4.6.3. Structure of a debris flow chute and deposit.- 4.6.4. Examples of rheological flows.- 4.7. Debris flows: dynamics.- 4.7.1. Velocity.- 4.7.2. Dynamical description of a debris flow.- 4.7.3. Impact force of a debris flow against a barrier.- 4.7.4. Quasi-periodicity.- 4.7.5. Theoretical and semiempirical formulas to predict the velocity.- 5. A short introduction to the physics of granular media.- 5.1 Introduction to granular materials.- 5.1.1. Solid mechanics: Hooke's law, Poisson coefficients, elasticity.- 5.1.2. Granular media in the Earth Sciences. Angle of repose.- 5.1.3. Force between grains.- 5.2. Static of granular materials.- 5.2.1. Pressures inside a container filled with granular material.- 5.2.2. Force chains.- 5.3. Grain Collisions.- 5.3.1. Grain-wall collisions.- 5.3.2. Grain-grain collisions.- 5.4. Dynamics of granular materials; avalanching.- 5.4.1. General.- 5.4.2. Dynamics of granular materials at high shear rate: granular gases and granular temperature.- 5.4.3. Haff's equation.- 5.4.4. Fluid dynamical model of a granular flow.- 5.5. Dispersive stresses and the Brazil nut eff


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  • ISBN-13: 9789401781480
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Edition: 2011 ed.
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 643 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9401781486
  • Publisher Date: 23 Nov 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 408
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Lecture Notes on the Dynamics of Mass Wasting
  • Width: 156 mm


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