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LEAME Software and User's Manual: Analyzing Slope Stability by the Limit Equilibrium Method provides a PC-based software program for performing slope stability analyses, along with supporting documentation. LEAME (limit equilibrium analysis of multilayered earthworks) is the most recent version of software, previously known as REAME (rotational equilibrium analysis in multilayered embankments). Developed by Yang H. Huang at the University of Kentucky and thoroughly tested in both engineering firms and classrooms, LEAME determines the factors of safety for both two- and three-dimensional slopes and contains many new features not available elsewhere to solve practical problems in slope stability. The software is accompanied by a PDF user's manual with detailed instructions for installing and operating LEAME. The manual explains the input parameters in each data entry form. It also describes the features available for two- and three-dimensional analysis, illustrated with sample problems and worked examples. Data files for the examples are also included. The application of LEAME to problems of spoil and waste disposal in surface mining is covered in detail, including worked examples. The software and user's manual are offered in conjunction with a companion volume, Slope Stability Analysis by the Limit Equilibrium Method: Fundamentals and Methods, which presents principles and methods for using the limit equilibrium method in analyzing slopes. In combination, the book, software, and user's manual provide practicing engineers, engineering professors, and students with a complete set of tools for understanding and analyzing challenges in slope stability. The LEAME software can be used on any PC with Windows 95 or higher. It is not available for other operating systems. Software is supplied under a license that restricts usage to a single computer. Multi-user/multisite licenses are available by inquiring at ascelibraryasce.org or calling 1-800-548-2723.

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Mechanical and hydraulic soil properties are strongly affected by the degree of saturation, with important consequences for earthen embankments, soil–vegetation–atmosphere interactions, geoenvironmental applications, and risk mitigation. The presence of sloping ground surfaces is common. In slightly inclined natural slopes, susceptible to deep landslides, the unsaturated condition of shallow soil horizons affects deep pore water pressures and, therefore, global stability. The stability of steep mountains covered by shallow deposits is often guaranteed by a shear strength contribution related to the unsaturated condition. In this case, the degree of saturation plays a key role in determining which rainfall events can act as landslide triggers, consequently controlling the post-failure evolution. Partial saturation is the basic characteristic of soils used as construction materials of geo-structures such as levees, dikes, and dams. It governs the structure behavior during construction phases, in serviceability, and in extreme scenarios. Hoping to provide a bridge between theoretical research and practical applications, this Special Issue collects quality contributions related to natural and artificial slopes under unsaturated conditions, focusing on aspects such as: water retention and transport properties, mechanical behavior, advances in experimental methods, laboratory and in situ characterization, field monitoring, geotechnical and geophysical field tests, landslide investigation and prevention, the design and maintenance of engineered slopes, and the constitutive and numerical modeling of hydro-mechanical behavior.

landslide --- soil slide --- LAMP --- soil water content --- soil moisture --- monitoring --- calibration --- installation --- rainfall --- debris flow --- in situ characterization --- triaxial tests --- unsaturated conditions --- unsaturated slope --- Ruedlingen field experiment --- lateral resistance --- limit equilibrium solution --- riverbank --- unsaturated soils --- water retention curve --- unsaturated permeability curve --- transient seepage --- slope stability --- pyroclastic soils --- infiltration --- capillary barriers --- stability analysis --- water retention --- suction --- silty sands --- commercial experimental techniques --- n/a

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Mechanical and hydraulic soil properties are strongly affected by the degree of saturation, with important consequences for earthen embankments, soil–vegetation–atmosphere interactions, geoenvironmental applications, and risk mitigation. The presence of sloping ground surfaces is common. In slightly inclined natural slopes, susceptible to deep landslides, the unsaturated condition of shallow soil horizons affects deep pore water pressures and, therefore, global stability. The stability of steep mountains covered by shallow deposits is often guaranteed by a shear strength contribution related to the unsaturated condition. In this case, the degree of saturation plays a key role in determining which rainfall events can act as landslide triggers, consequently controlling the post-failure evolution. Partial saturation is the basic characteristic of soils used as construction materials of geo-structures such as levees, dikes, and dams. It governs the structure behavior during construction phases, in serviceability, and in extreme scenarios. Hoping to provide a bridge between theoretical research and practical applications, this Special Issue collects quality contributions related to natural and artificial slopes under unsaturated conditions, focusing on aspects such as: water retention and transport properties, mechanical behavior, advances in experimental methods, laboratory and in situ characterization, field monitoring, geotechnical and geophysical field tests, landslide investigation and prevention, the design and maintenance of engineered slopes, and the constitutive and numerical modeling of hydro-mechanical behavior.

Technology: general issues --- landslide --- soil slide --- LAMP --- soil water content --- soil moisture --- monitoring --- calibration --- installation --- rainfall --- debris flow --- in situ characterization --- triaxial tests --- unsaturated conditions --- unsaturated slope --- Ruedlingen field experiment --- lateral resistance --- limit equilibrium solution --- riverbank --- unsaturated soils --- water retention curve --- unsaturated permeability curve --- transient seepage --- slope stability --- pyroclastic soils --- infiltration --- capillary barriers --- stability analysis --- water retention --- suction --- silty sands --- commercial experimental techniques --- n/a