Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation

The last decades have shown a remarkable increase in the number of heavy rains, typhoons and earthquakes. These natural phenomena are the main causes for geohazards. As a result the mitigation of geohazards has become a major research topic in geotechnical engineering, and in recent years simulation-based predictions and monitoring tools have been developed to enquire the mechanisms underlying geohazards.

This book is a comprehensive overview of these developments, and includes:

- Mechanisms of geohazards, namely, heavy rains, floods, typhoons, earthquakes, landslides, slope and snow slides, tsunamis, land subsidence, and coastal erosion;

- Numerical and analytical simulation methods for geohazards, including conventional and advanced methods, FDM, FEM, Extended FEM, DEM and SPH;

- Advanced constitutive modeling of geomaterials and numerical implementations and constitutive parameter determination using laboratory and field test results;

- Thermo-hydro-mechanical instabilities;large deformations, strain localization, progressive failure, liquefaction, and the rapid flow of complex geofluids;

- Monitoring and non-destructive investigation methods;

- Evaluation of existing prediction methods, performance-based design methods, risk analysis and the management of mitigation programs;

- Case records of geohazards and mitigation projects.

Predication and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation will be of interest to engineers, researchers, students in Civil and Environmental Engineering.