USGS Training course: Shallow landslide modelling for vegetated slopes using SOSlope

Please join this free training course on SOSlope by USGS on Saturday December 7th.

Description of SOSlope:

• A new model for slope stability taking into account root reinforcement due to vegetation and tensional/compressional forces arising from both roots and soil
• Uses displacement-controlled, fibre-bundle model concepts for estimating forces in roots and soil
• Based on a discrete element formulation
• Uses a simplified rainfall infiltration model with dual-porosity soil
• Estimates factor of safety and zones of failure during a rainfall event
• GUI based, easy to use, accessible via ecorisQ, an international association for natural hazard risk management

References:

Cohen and Schwarz (2017), Tree-root control of shallow landslides, Earth Surf. Dynam., 5, 451–477
http://www.ecorisq.org/ecorisq-tools

Agenda:

9:00 Welcome coffee
9:30 Introduction of the course & presentation of the participants
9:45 Introduction to SOSlope
10:00 SOSlope discrete element model
10:15 SOSlope hydrology
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 SOSlope soil mechanics
11:30 SOSlope root mechanics
12:00 Lunch
13:00 SOSlope installation and test cases
13:30 SOSlope approach and methodology
14:00 SOSlope exercises and examples
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Hands on exercises with participants
17:00 End of training course

Instructors:

Denis Cohen and Massi Schwarz, the authors of: https://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/5/451/2017/

Please RSVP to: Kevin Schmidt

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For more information on the model to be discussed, see attached flier and: https://www.ecorisq.org