Kinematics and Discontinuous Deformation Analysis of Landslide Movement

Kinematics plays a very important role in the behavior of landslides in discontinuous media. Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) is introduced as a technique that allows a realistic incorporation of kinematics in routine analyses. The advantage of using DDA lies in the fact that the actual mode of failure does not have to be assumed a priori, and displacements and velocities are computed as an integral part of the analysis. Analysis of the Vaiont landslide is used to illustrate the importance of kinematics in the behavior of large landslides to demonstrate the accuracy and capab ility of DDA.

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