Thermal effects in landslide mobility

The paper describes a thermo-hydro-mechanical formulation to model thermally induced effects due to the irreversible work input generated during soil deformation. The model was implemented into a material point calculation procedure. The method is applied to the analysis of landslides. A simple slope stability is first analysed. Mechanical work essentially dissipates in shearing bands, which develop excess pore water pressures. The marked effect...