Postfailure Characterization of Shallow Landslides Using the Material Point Method

Table 3

Summary of the input property ranges of the parametric study.

Series of analyses	Description	Hydrological conditions	Hydraulic property	Mechanical properties
		Phreatic surface	Saturated hydraulic conductivity	Cohesion	Friction angle	Soil modulus
			(m/s)	(kPa)	(^o)	(MPa)
Baseline		GWL2^b		1	31.5	10
Parametric study	Influence of GWL	[GWL1^a; GWL3^c]		1	31.5	10
	Influence of	GWL2	[; ]	1	31.5	10
	Influence of	GWL2		[0, 7]	31.5	10
	Influence of	GWL2		1	[25, 37]	10
	Influence of	GWL2		1	31.5	[5, 20]

^a,b,cPositions of the phreatic surface corresponding at the top, middle, and bottom of soil layer, respectively.