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Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Modeling to Study the Long-Runout Landslide: A Case Study

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Tunneling in Soft Ground, Ground Conditioning and Modification Techniques (GeoChina 2018)

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Abstract

The coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) method is a latest technology for simulating the large deformation and discrete geotechnical problem. In this paper, we use this new method to simulate the long-runout landslide which occurred at the Hong’ao landfill on December 20th, 2015, in Shenzhen, China. This landslide killed 77 people and destroyed 33 houses, regarded as one of the largest landfill landslide in the world. The field survey and previous research results after the accident are applied to validate the numerical model of the landslide. The long-runout behavior of the landslide is studied in terms of runout area, velocity, kinematic energy. The runout area of the simulation landslide is close to that of the actual. The maximum simulated velocity of the landslide is up to 35.41 m/s at 68 s which is close to the result simulated by the LS-RAPID. The maximum kinetic energy of the landslide is 2230.4 GJ at 68 s, and the frontier buildings might be impacted at 78.3 s, when the total energy of the landslide can be 2097.4 GJ, roughly equivalent to the explosive energy of 5 t TNT.

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This work was supported by national natural science foundation of China (No. 11705083), the state key laboratory of safety and health for metal mines (No. 2016-JSKSSYS-08), the PHD initial foundation program of the University of South China (No. 2014XQD11), and the natural science foundation of Hunan Province (No. 2017JJ4009).

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  1. School of Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, China

    Sheng-yang Feng, Xiang-yang Li, Yong Liu & Zhi Chen

  2. Hunan Province Engineering Technology, Research Center of Uranium Tailings Treatment, Hengyang, China

    Sheng-yang Feng & Yong Liu

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Hong-quan Li

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Feng, Sy., Li, Hq., Li, Xy., Liu, Y., Chen, Z. (2019). Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Modeling to Study the Long-Runout Landslide: A Case Study. In: Cheng, WC., Yang, J., Wang, J. (eds) Tunneling in Soft Ground, Ground Conditioning and Modification Techniques. GeoChina 2018. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95783-8_20

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