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Effect of particle breakage-induced frictional weakening on the dynamics of landslides

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Field observations have shown that sliding zones in large landslides often exhibit much lower frictional resistances than their ordinary values; this behavior causes great difficulties in predicting the dynamics and runout distances of landslides. Particle breakage is believed to be a reason for inducing frictional weakening. This study aims to reproduce the frictional weakening phenomenon induced by particle breakage in landslides and investigate its effect on the dynamics and runout distances of landslides. A constitutive model capable of simulating the particle breakage development during large shear strain was employed to describe the mechanical behavior of sliding soils. In addition, the material point method (MPM) was adopted to overcome the difficulties in simulating the large deformations of landslides. The simulation results showed that a larger shear deformation in the sliding zone caused greater particle breakage, leading to a greater decrease in the frictional resistance, which in turn aggravated the shear deformation and particle breakage; consequently, concentrated shear deformation and particle breakage were found in the sliding zones. Particle breakage-induced frictional weakening can change the landslide pattern from shallow sliding of a linear sliding surface to deep sliding of a circular sliding surface and significantly increase the runout distance.

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This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 52079012) and Graduate Research and Innovation Foundation of Chongqing, China (Grant No. CYB20032).

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Wang, Z., Wang, G. Effect of particle breakage-induced frictional weakening on the dynamics of landslides. Granular Matter 24, 72 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-022-01234-6

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