Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS Platforms

Numerical simulation is one of the methods to assess landslide movement processes, which is beneficial for engineering design and urban planning. With the development of computer technology, GIS has gradually become the mainstream platform for landslide simulation due to data availability and algori...

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Main Authors: Yuming Wu, Aohua Tian, Hengxing Lan
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-03-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3093
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description Numerical simulation is one of the methods to assess landslide movement processes, which is beneficial for engineering design and urban planning. With the development of computer technology, GIS has gradually become the mainstream platform for landslide simulation due to data availability and algorithm integrability. However, the dynamic processes of landslides are complicated, which makes integration difficult on GIS platforms. Some assumptions are applied to simplify these dynamic processes and solve this problem. Generally, there are two main types of numerical models on GIS platforms: models based on the Eulerian description and models based on the Lagrangian description. Case studies show that Eulerian models are suitable for flow-like movement, and Lagrangian models are suitable for discrete rigid bodies movement. Different models face different problems: the Eulerian-based models show numerical diffusion and oscillation, and the Lagrangian-based model needs to consider complicated shear and collision processes. In addition, the 3-D model can describe more details in the <i>z</i>-direction, while the depth-averaged model can obtain a reasonable range of motion, depth, and speed quickly. From the view of numerical simulation, inappropriate models, assumptions, and numerical schemes will produce errors. The landslide type refers to several forms of mass wasting associated with a wide range of ground movements, which guides establishing dynamic models and numerical schemes on GIS platforms and helps us obtain results accurately.
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spelling doaj.art-e0ccd82fabc145348f7615d4ecf21c012023-11-24T00:23:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-03-01126309310.3390/app12063093Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS PlatformsYuming Wu0Aohua Tian1Hengxing Lan2State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaNumerical simulation is one of the methods to assess landslide movement processes, which is beneficial for engineering design and urban planning. With the development of computer technology, GIS has gradually become the mainstream platform for landslide simulation due to data availability and algorithm integrability. However, the dynamic processes of landslides are complicated, which makes integration difficult on GIS platforms. Some assumptions are applied to simplify these dynamic processes and solve this problem. Generally, there are two main types of numerical models on GIS platforms: models based on the Eulerian description and models based on the Lagrangian description. Case studies show that Eulerian models are suitable for flow-like movement, and Lagrangian models are suitable for discrete rigid bodies movement. Different models face different problems: the Eulerian-based models show numerical diffusion and oscillation, and the Lagrangian-based model needs to consider complicated shear and collision processes. In addition, the 3-D model can describe more details in the <i>z</i>-direction, while the depth-averaged model can obtain a reasonable range of motion, depth, and speed quickly. From the view of numerical simulation, inappropriate models, assumptions, and numerical schemes will produce errors. The landslide type refers to several forms of mass wasting associated with a wide range of ground movements, which guides establishing dynamic models and numerical schemes on GIS platforms and helps us obtain results accurately.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3093landslide dynamicslandslide classificationdynamic modelsdepth-averaged modelGIS
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Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS Platforms
Applied Sciences
landslide dynamics
landslide classification
dynamic models
depth-averaged model
GIS
title Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS Platforms
title_full Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS Platforms
title_fullStr Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS Platforms
title_full_unstemmed Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS Platforms
title_short Comparisons of Dynamic Landslide Models on GIS Platforms
title_sort comparisons of dynamic landslide models on gis platforms
topic landslide dynamics
landslide classification
dynamic models
depth-averaged model
GIS
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/3093
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