GEO 6480 - Landslides and Slope Stability

Topics covered in this course: principles, definitions, triggering mechanisms and processes of landslides, influence of geological history and uncertainties in soil strength parameters, deterministic and probabilistic approaches in landslide hazard assessment, back analysis of slope failures, linear and non linear failure envelopes in slope stability analysis, seismic aspects of slope stability, earthquake-induced catastrophic landslides in liquefiable soils, rainfall-induced shallow landslides on steep slopes, field instrumentation, remedial measures, case studies.