Abstract
Most previous studies on the rainfall infiltration and its influence on slope stability were based on the single-phase water flow model. The purpose of this study is to study the effect of interaction of air and water flow on the slope stability. In this study, two-phase flow analyses were conducted for weathered residual soil slopes with thin soil overlying impermeable bedrock. Results of the flow analysis were used as input for stability analysis by strength reduction method. Strength reduction method considers mechanical equilibrium to evaluate the effect of rainfall infiltration on the slope stability. The results show that remarkable delaying effects by air flow on the propagation of the wetting front and the deterioration of slope when surface ponding occurs during infiltration. On the other hand, the influence of the pore air flow on the slope stability can be neglected in the non-ponding situation with small rainfall intensity.
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