Abstract
Rainfall infiltration is a primary cause of slope failure. Analyzing the entire process of a landslide triggered by rainfall is crucial for the design of infrastructure. However, the complexity associated with simulating large deformations has often hindered previous studies from modeling the entire landslide process subsequent to rainfall infiltration. This study aims to provide a method to simulate the entire process of landslides considering rainfall and more insight into the mechanism of landslides. The discrete element method (DEM) is first applied to model the entire process of shallow landslides triggered by rainfall. The numerical results indicate that the intensity and duration of rainfall infiltration have significant impacts on the slope stability. The particle displacement field, resulting from landslides due to rainfall, corresponds with three distinct stages within the landslide process. The increased rainfall intensity causes the area of the particles within failure mass grows rapidly during the initial stage of the landslide. The closer to the slope surface the faster the particle velocity. The simulations demonstrate that the slope surface transitions from a linear to a concave downward geometry during the landslides. Larger particles display greater displacement and velocity compared to smaller particles.
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