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Effect of Vegetation on Stability of Soil Slopes: Numerical Aspect

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Soil bioengineering makes use of living plants to enhance soil stability against erosion and failure. Its practice is strongly dominated by empiricism. Recently much effort has been made towards quantifying soil bioengineering measures. This paper provides a critical review of the numerical modelling of some soil bioengineering measures. We discuss the application of the numerical methods including the finite element method and the limit equilibrium method for the composite of soil-plant root. A detailed review of the mechanical and hydrological models for the complex interaction between soil, plant, water and atmosphere is provided.

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  1. Institut für Geotechnik, Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria

    Wei Wu, Barbara Maria Switala, Madhu Sudan Acharya & Roberto Tamagnini

  2. J. Krismer Handels GmbH, Rum, Austria

    Michael Auer

  3. WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Dorf, Switzerland

    Frank Graf

  4. ITASCA Consultants GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

    Lothar te Kamp

  5. China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

    Wei Xiang

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Wu, W. et al. (2015). Effect of Vegetation on Stability of Soil Slopes: Numerical Aspect. In: Wu, W. (eds) Recent Advances in Modeling Landslides and Debris Flows. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11053-0_15

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