Research Article
The Role of Initial Soil Conditions in Shallow Landslide Triggering: Insights from Physically Based Approaches
Table 2
Initial soil conditions and time of failure for each performed flume test.
| Test | Date | Slope angle (°) | Initial water content (%) | Degree of saturation (%) | Time of failure (min) |
| 1 | 24/04/2018 | 27 | 12.4 | 36.1 | No failure | 2 | 29/04/2018 | 27 | 16.4 | 47.8 | No failure | 3 | 09/05/2018 | 32 | 11.9 | 34.7 | 1 h 21 min 05 sec. | 4 | 15/05/2018 | 32 | 14.7 | 42.8 | 1 h 13 min 50 sec. | 5 | 25/05/2018 | 32 | 19.2 | 56.0 | 0 h 45 min 00 sec. | 6 | 04/06/2018 | 35 | 11.9 | 34.7 | 0 h 42 min 08 sec. | 7 | 11/06/2018 | 35 | 14.4 | 42.0 | 0 h 37 min 30 sec. | 8 | 14/06/2018 | 35 | 16 | 46.6 | 0 h 24 min 37 sec. | 9 | 05/07/2018 | 35 | 12.1 | 35.3 | 0 h 45 min 47 sec. | 10 | 18/07/2018 | 32 | 12.0 | 35.0 | 1 h 25 min 45 sec. |
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