Laboratory Scale of Rainfall's Pattern and Threshold in Volcanic Soil Slope Failure

Relationship between rainfall pattern, threshold and landslide process have widely developed. However, real-time observation in real landslide event is time consuming and has high degree of uncertainty. Therefore more analysis is usually developed in regional data scale with correlation between regional rainfall dataset and landslide inventory mapping. In this study, another approach is developed with a physical laboratory scale model. This research developed correlation between simulated rainfall pattern with mechanism and process of landslide. Rainfall with specific intensity and duration are given in residual volcanic soil in laboratory scale. Rainfall threshold observed between laboratory and regional model is highly correlated. There also occurred clear relationships between intensity, duration, antecedent rainfall, with rainfall's initiation and morphology.