Abstract

A devastating landslide occurred on 30th July 2014, resulting in the burial of a village of about 40 houses called Malin, in western India and also led to about 160 deaths. The landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall in the area and mass movement of debris. The paper investigates slope failure in the Malin area using back analysis and numerical methods. Site investigation was conducted to obtain representative information of the area. Finite difference analyses using FLAC 2D is performed for the failed slope to determine the possible cause of failure. Analysis results show that slope failure occurred due to the loss of suction strength at the interface between rock and local soil.

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Title
Forensic analysis of Malin landslide in India
Author
Ering, P 1 ; Kulkarni, R 2 ; Kolekar, Y 3 ; Dasaka, S M 4 ; Babu, G L Sr 5 

 Research scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, Karnataka, India 
 Engineer, Soil Tech Private Limited, Ground Engineers and Consultants, Pune, India 
 Associate professor, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Pune, India 
 Associate professor, Civil Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Maharashtra, India 
 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore, Karnataka, India 
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Sep 2015
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17551307
e-ISSN
17551315
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2547959067
Copyright
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