Constituents and features of displacement vector angle of colluvial landslide

Based on an analysis of displacement-monitoring data of Xintan landslide, China, it was discovered that the whole stability of large-scale colluvial landslides can be more accurately described by taking the displacement vector angle into account, and the stability trend of a slope can be evaluated and predicted using the displacement vector angle. This paper also further indicates that the monitored deformation vector angle can be divided into sliding deformation vector angle, plastic-deformation vector angle, compressive deformation vector angle and creep deformation vector angle in terms of the displacement properties of the slope. Through the analysis it is found that the displacement vector angle, for which there is no substitute, is an important parameter serving as an explicit criterion for the stability of the slope, and hence its significance in the prediction of landslides. It is also shown that as far as the displacement vector angle is concerned, there are different constituents and features in the different deformation stage of colluvial landslide. On the basis of these and using the principles of statistics, a discussion on the stability of the colluvial slopes is carried out in terms of the monitoring data of F-series points on Xintan slope. The analysis results coincided with the destabilized time and the sliding laws, thus demonstrating that the parameter of the displacement vector angle has to a certain extent, very important significance in the forecasting of landslides.