Numerical recipes in C (2nd ed.): the art of scientific computing
Numerical recipes in C (2nd ed.): the art of scientific computing
Computer simulation of landslides by the contact element method
Computers & Geosciences
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Probabilistic analysis is gaining more attention in the field of landslide hazard assessment, due to the possibility of taking into account estimation uncertainties and spatial variability of geological, geotechnical, geomorphological and seismological parameters. In this paper, an implementation of a simple approach to derive probabilistic earthquake triggered landslide hazard maps is described. The method is based on the simplified Newmark slope stability model, applied on a pixel-by-pixel basis, which fully integrates into current GIS computational environments. Uncertainties and fluctuations in input parameters are considered by treating these quantities as statistical distributions. Various probability density functions can be simulated through Monte Carlo techniques on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and the simulated samples are retained through all the computing steps. This allows the resulting quantities to be cast into probabilistic hazard maps, without restrictions about the symmetry or the mathematical complexity of the underlying distributions. First results on a test landslide site in Southern Italy show good performances for realistic landslide hazard zonation. The simplicity of the adopted framework allows the current approach to be easily expanded and improved the current approach.