USGS Training Course on SOSlope
USGS San Francisco Office 345 Middlefield Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
Saturday, December 07, 2019, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
Category: Other
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
For more information on the model to be discussed, see attached flier and: https://www.ecorisq.org
Contact: [email protected]
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