O perigo geológico de escorregamentos é a probabilidade da ocorrência de eventos ou fenômenos desta natureza, induzidos ou não pela atividade humana que podem causar danos humanos, socioeconômicos e ambientais. A cartografia de perigos geológicos de escorregamentos é um importante instrumento para gestão dos territórios para Estados Nacionais, setor privado, ONGs, comunidades locais, organizações científicas, etc. O desenvolvimento da ciência e das técnicas fez surgir diversos métodos de avaliação de perigos de escorregamento. No presente trabalho, o método sintético e o método analítico foram comparados com base em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica (SIG), técnicas de geoprocessamento e modelagem de dados cartográficos. Os atributos utilizados, na forma de matrizes numéricas foram declividade do terreno, densidade de drenagem e de lineamentos, excedente hídrico e cobertura vegetal e uso da terra (índice NDVI). Por meio de procedimentos de álgebra de mapas foi obtido o índice de perigo e elaborados os mapas de perigo de escorregamento. No método analítico o mapa de perigo ficou com uma textura mais granulada e no método sintético aparentou uma textura mais homogênea. A comparação da medida de classes em m² dos métodos coincidiu em 92% na classe muito alto, 90% na classe alto, 89% na classe médio e 90% na classe baixo. Já na tabulação cruzada a porcentagem de intersecção foi de 50% para a classe muito alto, 41% para a classe alto, 52% para a classe médio e 68% para a classe baixo. Concluiu-se que ao invés de opostos, os métodos se mostram adequados para um uso complementar. / Geological hazard due landslides is the likelihood of occurrence of such events or phenomena, either induced or not by human activities that can cause human, social-economic or environmental loss. Landslide hazard maps are important tools for territory management among government, private sector, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), local communities and academy. The development of science and techniques brought about many methods for landslide assessment. This work aims to compare two approaches: the syntethic and analytical methods based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS), geoprocessing and cartographic data modeling. The used attributes, organised in numeric rasters were declivity, drainage and lineaments density, water excess and vegetation cover and land use (NDVI). Procedures of map algebra resulted in the Landslide Hazard Indexes, from which the hazard maps were generated. The maps were compared and validated across previous risk and suscetibility maps with high correlation results. It was concluded that rather than opposites both methods are suitable for an complementary use.

Mount Meager est un complexe volcanique glaciaire en British Columbia (Canada). Il est connu pour ses glissements de terrain, dont celui de 2010 étant le plus grand glissement de terrain historique au Canada. Dans cette thèse, nous avons étudié les processus d'instabilités du volcan Mont Meager ainsi que les effets de la déglaciation en cours. Nous avons utilisé une approche pluridisciplinaire, intégrant la cartographie géologique, géomorphologique et structurelle, du terrain et de la télédétection, pour caractériser l'activité glaciaire et les glissements de terrain au Mount Meager. Nous avons utilisé la photogrammétrie Structure from Motion (SfM) et la technologie Lidar pour produire des modèles numériques de terrain, et techniques InSAR pour surveiller le mouvement et la déformation des pentes du volcan. Nous avons appliqué la technique SfM à des photographies aériennes historiques pour documenter les activités des glaciers et des glissements de terrain au Mount Meager. Nous avons discuté un modèle de croissance et d'érosion d'un volcan en période glaciaire et interglaciaire, ainsi que la valeur scientifique et de vulgarisation de la reconstruction topographique 3D. Nous avons décrit les dépôts de glissement de terrain de 2010 à Mount Meager pour interpréter la dynamique de leur mise en place. Le glissement de terrain de 2010 s'est divisé en phases riches en eau et pauvres en eau, ayant des distances d'écoulement différentes et des dépôts distincts. Nous avons analysé des photographies aériennes historiques remontant à 1948, afin de documenter la déformation de la pente avant l'effondrement de 2010. Le glacier situé a proximité du pied de la pente a reculé durant les années précédents la rupture. Cette effondrement a évolué en quatre sous-effondrements, impliquant toute la séquence volcanique et le socle. Nous avons estimé 6 × 106 m3 d'eau dans la pente, ce qui a permis la séparation de la phase frontale riche en eau. Le volume total d'effondrement est 53 ± 3.8 × 106 m3. Nous avons identifié 27 grands (>5×105 m2) flancs instables au Mount Meager et calculé a ~1.3 km3 de récession des glaciers depuis 1987. Le flanc ouest de Plinth Peak et de la vallée de Devastation Creek se sont déplacés de -34±10 mm -36±10 mm, respectivement, dans un période de 24 jours pendant l'été 2016. L’effondrement de ces flancs pourrait avoir un impact important sur les infrastructures et les communautés en aval du volcan. La décompression résultant de l'édifice volcanique après l'effondrement du flanc ouest de Plinth Peak affecterait le champ de contrainte à une profondeur de 6 km et jusqu'à 4 MPa. Cette décompression soudaine pourrait mener des éruptions hydrothermales et magmatiques. Un important glissement de terrain pourrait donc avoir joué un rôle dans le déclenchement de l'éruption de 2360 cal BP. / Mount Meager is a glacier-clad volcanic complex in British Columbia, Canada. It is known for its landslides, of which the 2010 is the largest Canadian historical landslide. In this thesis we investigated slope instability processes at Mount Meager volcano and the effects of ongoing deglaciation. We used a variety of methods including field and remote, geological, geomorphological and structural mapping to characterize glacial and landslide activity at Mount Meager. We used Structure from Motion photogrammetry (SfM) and Lidar to produce digital surface models and InSAR to monitor slope deformation. We applied SfM to historic photography to document glacier and landslide activity at Mount Meager. We discussed a model of growth and erosion of a volcano in glacial and interglacial periods, and the scientific and dissemination value of historic 3D topographic reconstruction. We described the 2010 Mount Meager landslide deposit to interpret emplacement dynamics and kinematics. The 2010 landslide separated in water-rich and water-poor phases that had different runout and distinct deposits. We analyzed historic airphotos to constrain the slope deformation prior to the 2010 collapse. The glacier near the toe of the slope retreated in the failure lead up, the collapse evolved in four subfailures involving the whole volcanic sequence and some basement rocks. We estimated 6 × 106 m3 of water in the slope, that allowed the separation of the frontal water-rich phase. The total failure volume was 53 ± 3.8 × 106 m3. We identified 27 large (>5×105 m2) unstable slopes at Mount Meager and calculated ~1.3 km3 of ice loss since 1987. The west flank of Plinth peak and Devastation Creek valley moved up to -34±10 mm and -36±10 mm, respectively, over a 24-day period during the summer of 2016. The failure of these slopes could impact infrastructures and communities downstream of the volcano. The resulting decompression on the volcanic edifice after the failure of Plinth peak would affect the stress field to a depth of 6 km and up to 4 MPa. This sudden decompression could lead to hydrothermal or magmatic eruptions.

This thesis investigates the design, implementation and validation of a multi-antenna GPS system to monitor the displacement of deforming slopes. The system utilises a switched antenna array design allowing data from multiple antennas to be sampled sequentially by one GPS receiver. The system provides quasi-continuous GPS observations that can produce a precise and reliable coordinate time-series of the movement of the slope under consideration. GPS observations and particularly those concerned with the monitoring of steep slopes, are subject to systematic errors that can significantly degrade the quality of the processed position solutions. As such, this research characterises the data in terms of multipath effects, the spectrum of the coordinate time-series, and the carrier to noise power density ratio of the raw GPS observations. Various GPS processing parameters are then investigated to determine optimal processing parameters to improve the precision of the resulting coordinate time-series. Results from data stacking techniques that rely on the daily correlation of the repeating multipath signature find that the GPS data actually decorrelates somewhat from day to day. This can reduce the effectiveness of stacking techniques for the high precision monitoring of steep slopes. Finally, advanced stochastic models such as elevation angle and carrier-to-noise weighting are investigated to optimise the precision of the coordinate time-series data. A new in-line stochastic model is developed based on weighting GPS observations with respect to the level of systematic error present within the data. By using these advanced types of stochastic models, reductions to the noise level of the coordinate time-series of approximately 20 and 25 percent are possible in the horizontal and height components respectively. / Results from an extensive field trial of this system on a deforming high-wall of an open-pit mine indicate that approximately 135mm of displacement occurred over the 16-week field trial. The precision of the coordinate time-series for surface stations approaches ±4.Omm and ±5.4mm in the horizontal and height components respectively. For sub-surface stations next to the mine wall, coordinate precision has been determined as ±4.9mm.component and ±7.6mm in the height component respectively.

Earthquake triggered landslides cause loss of life, destroy structures, roads, powerlines, and pipelines and therefore they have a direct impact on the social and economic life of the hazard region. The damage and fatalities directly related to strong ground shaking and fault rupture are sometimes exceeded by the damage and fatalities caused by earthquake triggered landslides. Even though future earthquakes can hardly be predicted, the identification of areas that are highly susceptible to landslide hazards is possible. For geographical information systems (GIS) based deterministic slope stability and earthquake-induced landslide analysis, the grid-cell approach has been commonly used in conjunction with the relatively simple infinite slope model. The infinite slope model together with Newmark's displacement analysis has been widely used to create seismic landslide susceptibility maps. The infinite slope model gives reliable results in the case of surficial landslides with depth-length ratios smaller than 0.1. On the other hand, the infinite slope model cannot satisfactorily analyze deep-seated coherent landslides. In reality, coherent landslides are common and these types of landslides are a major cause of property damage and fatalities. In the case of coherent landslides, two- or three-dimensional models are required to accurately analyze both static and dynamic performance of slopes. These models are rarely used in GIS-based landslide hazard zonation because they are numerically expensive compared to one dimensional infinite slope models. Building metamodels based on data obtained from computer experiments and using computationally inexpensive predictions based on these metamodels has been widely used in several engineering applications. With these soft computing methods, design variables are carefully chosen using a design of experiments (DOE) methodology to cover a predetermined range of values and computer experiments are performed at these chosen points. The design variables and the responses from the computer simulations are then combined to construct functional relationships (metamodels) between the inputs and the outputs. In this study, Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) are used to predict the static and seismic responses of slopes. In order to integrate the soft computing methods with GIS for coherent landslide hazard analysis, an automatic slope profile delineation method from Digital Elevation Models is developed. The integrated framework is evaluated using a case study of the 1989 Loma Prieta, CA earthquake (Mw = 6.9). A seismic landslide hazard analysis is also performed for the same region for a future scenario earthquake (Mw = 7.03) on the San Andreas Fault.

Tsunamis are one of the most catastrophic natural events impacting coastal regions often generated by undersea earthquakes. Nevertheless, in enclosed basins, i.e., fjords, reservoirs and lakes, subaerial or submarine landslides can initiate devastating tsunamis with similar consequences. Although a subaerial or submarine landslide that impinges into a large water body can generate a tsunami, subaerial landslides are much more efficient tsunami generators than its counterpart. In this study we aim to integrate laboratory scale experiments of tsunami generation by subaerial landslide with numerical models. The work focuses on the numerical validation of two three-dimensional Navier-Stokes (3D-NS) models, FLOW-3D and our developed model TSUNAMI3D. The models are validated based on previous large scale laboratory experiments performed by a tsunami research team lead by Dr. Hermann Fritz, Georgia Institute of Technology. Three large scale landslide scenarios were selected from the set of laboratory experiments, namely, fjord like, headland and far field coastline. These scenarios showed that complex wave fields can be generated by subaerial landslides. The correct definition and evolution of the wave field are key to accurate modeling the ensuing tsunami and its effect in coastal regions. In this study, comparisons are performed between numerical results and laboratory experiments. Methodology and key parameters for soil rheology are defined for model validations. Results of the models are expected to be under the allowable errors indicated by the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) guidelines for validation of tsunami numerical models. The ultimate goal of this research is to obtain better tsunami calculation tools for real-world application of 3-D models for landslide tsunamis, which are necessary for the construction of inundation maps in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean regions.

Earthquake-induced slope instability is one of the major sources of earthquake hazards in near fault regions. Simplified tools, such as Newmark&rsquo / s Sliding Block (NSB) Analysis are widely used to represent the stability of a slope under earthquake shaking. The outcome of this analogy is the slope displacement where larger displacement values indicate higher seismic slope instability risk. Recent studies in the literature propose empirical models between the slope displacement and single or multiple ground motion intensity measures such as peak ground acceleration or Arias intensity. These correlations are based on the analysis of large datasets from global ground motion recording database (PEER NGA-W1 Database). Ground motions from earthquakes occurred in Turkey are poorly represented in NGA-W1 database since corrected and processed data from Turkey was not available until recently. The objective of this study is to evaluate the compatibility of available NSB displacement prediction models for the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA) applications in Turkey using a comprehensive dataset of ground motions recorded during earthquakes occurred in Turkey. Then the application of selected NSB displacement prediction model in a vector-valued PSHA framework is demonstrated with the explanations of seismic source characterization, ground motion prediction models and ground motion intensity measure correlation coefficients. The results of the study is presented in terms of hazard curves and a comparison is made with a case history in Asarsuyu Region where seismically induced landslides (Bakacak Landslides) had taken place during 1999 D&uuml / zce Earthquake.

Tsunami are a fascinating but potentially devastating natural phenomena that have occurred regularly throughout history along New Zealand's shorelines, and around the world. With increasing population and the construction of infrastructure in coastal zones, the effect of these large waves has become a major concern. Many natural phenomena are capable of creating tsunami. Of particular concern is the underwater landslide-induced tsunami, due to the potentially short warning before waves reach the shore. The aims of this research are to generate a quality benchmark dataset suitable for comprehensive comparisons with numerical model results and to increase our understanding of the physical processes involved in tsunami generation. The two-dimensional experimental configuration is based on a benchmark configuration described in the scientific literature, consisting of a semi-elliptical prism sliding down a submerged 15° slope. A unique feature of these experiments is the method developed to measure water surface variation continuously in both space and time. Water levels are obtained using an optical technique based on laser induced fluorescence, which is shown to be comparable in accuracy and resolution to traditional electrical point wave gauges. In the experiments, the landslide density and initial submergence are varied and detailed measurements of wave heights, lengths, propagation speeds, and shore run-up are made. Particle tracking velocimetry is used to record the landslide kinematics and sub-surface water velocities. Particular attention is paid to maintaining a high level of test repeatability throughout the experimental process. The experimental results show that a region of high pressure ahead of the landslide forces up the water over the front half of the landslide to form the leading wave crest, which propagates ahead of the landslide. The accelerating fluid above, and the turbulent wake behind, the moving landslide create a region of low pressure, which draws down the water surface above the rear half of the landslide to form the leading trough. Differences in the phase and group velocities of the components in the wave packet cause waves to be continually generated on the trailing end of the wave train. The downstream position that these waves form continually moves downstream with time and the wave packet is found to be highly dispersive. The interaction of the landslide pressure field with the free surface wave pressure field is important, as the location of the low pressure around the landslide relative to the wave field acts to reinforce or suppress the waves above. This has a substantial effect on the increase or decrease in wave potential energy. When the low pressure acts to draw down a wave trough, the wave potential energy increases. When the low pressure is below a wave crest, it acts to suppress the crest amplitude, leading to an overall decrease in wave potential energy. Measurements of the efficiency of energy transfer from the landslide to the wave field show that the ratio of maximum wave potential energy to maximum landslide kinetic energy is between 0.028 and 0.138, and tends to increase for shallower initial landslide submergences and heavier specific gravities. The ratio of maximum wave potential energy to maximum landslide potential energy ranges between 0.011 and 0.059 and tends to be greater for shallower initial submergences. For two experimental configurations the ratio of maximum wave potential energy to maximum fluid kinetic energy is estimated to be 0.435 and 0.588. The wave trough initially generated above the rear end of the landslide propagates in both onshore and offshore directions. The onshore-propagating trough causes a large initial draw-down at the shore. The magnitude of the maximum draw-down is related to the maximum amplitude of the offshore-propagating first wave trough. A wave crest generated by the landslide as it decelerates at the bottom of the slope causes the maximum wave run-up observed at the shore. A semi-analytical model, based on inviscid and irrotational theory, is used to investigate the wave generation process of a moving submerged object in a constant depth channel. The simplified geometry allows a variety of phenomena, observed during the experimental tests, to be investigated further in a more controlled setting. The variations in the growth, magnitude, and decay of energy as a function of time is due the interaction of the pressure distribution surrounding the moving slider with the wave field, in particular, the leading crest and trough. The largest energy transfer between slider kinetic energy and wave potential energy occurs when there is prolonged interaction between the slider's low pressure region and the leading wave trough. The generation of onshore propagating waves by a decelerating landslide is confirmed, and the magnitude of the maximum wave run-up is found to be dependent on the magnitude of the slider deceleration. The model also shows that slides with Froude number close to unity convert substantial amounts of energy into offshore propagating waves. The onshore propagating wave potential energy is not as sensitive to Froude number. A further result from the model simulations is that the specific shape of the slider has only a minor influence on the wave response, provided the slider's length and area are known. A boundary element model, based on inviscid and irrotational theory, is used to simulate the laboratory experiments. Model predictions of the wave field are generally accurate, particularly the magnitude and range of wave amplitudes within the wave packet, the arrival time of the wave group, the amplitude of the run-up and run-down at the shore, the time the maximum run-down occurs, and the form and magnitude of the wave potential energy time history. The ratios of maximum wave potential energy to maximum slider kinetic energy are predicted to within ± 29%. The model predictions of the crest arrival times are within 3.6% of the measured times. The inability of the inviscid and irrotational model to simulate the flow separation and wake motions lead to a 45% under prediction of the maximum fluid kinetic energy. Both the semi-analytical and BEM models highlight the need for the correct specification of initial slider accelerations in numerical simulations in order to accurately predict the wave energy.

A landslide occurred during the construction of the Giresun &ndash / Espiye road between Km: 1+030 &ndash / 1+170 in April 2003. Investigating the causes and mechanism of this slope failure along with suggesting a proper stabilization technique is aimed in this study. For that purpose, a detailed site investigation study, including engineering geological mapping, drilling work, in situ and laboratory tests, was performed. Weathered tuffite, tuffite, flysch and dacitic tuffite, from top to bottom, are the major units in the study area. A &ldquo / translational slide&rdquo / occurred in completely weathered tuffite owing to the disturbance of the stability of the slope by the excavations performed at the toe of the slope / particularly the foundation excavation for the restaurant building and for the road cut for the Giresun &ndash / Espiye road. After establishing the model of the landslide in detail, shear strength parameters of the failure surface were determined by the back analysis method as &quot / cohesion&quot / =2.5 kN/m2 and &quot / friction angle&quot / =9&deg / . Toe buttressing, ground water and surface water drainage options were considered for stabilizing the slope. For the back analysis calculations, the Morgenstern-Price and Spencer methods were used with the aid of the SLOPE/W computer program.

Les géomatériaux sont présents dans la nature sous des formes très diverses : sols et rochesin situ solides, argiles ductiles, boues quasiment liquides, etc... La géomécanique s’intéresseà la compréhension du comportement solide des géomatériaux. Cependant, il arrive que sousl’effet de conditions extérieures particulières, des terrains initialement solides se transformenten fluides : c’est ce qui se produit par exemple lors de coulées de boues ou de débris. Dans untel contexte, il existe peu d’outils numériques capables de modéliser les différentes phases ducomportement. Il semble de plus, qu’il n’existe pas à ce jour de modèle constitutif satisfaisantpour décrire une telle transition.Nos travaux s’intéressent de manière générale à la transition solide-fluide dans le comportementdes géomatériaux, et à l’élaboration d’un modèle constitutif décrivant la phase solide, laphase fluide, ainsi que la transition entre les deux. Nous avons choisi dans ce cadre de menerles calculs en nous basant sur la méthode MEFPIL (Méthode aux Éléments Finis avec desPoints d’Intégration Lagrangiens) qui a déjà montré de fortes potentialités pour décrire descomportements très variés (dont des comportements à variables d’histoire), dans un mêmemodèle.Après avoir implanté et validé la première loi élasto-plastique dans Ellipsis (code basé sur laMEFPIL), nous avons pu introduire dans ce code le modèle de transition. Celui-ci se base surl’évolution du comportement solide élasto-plastique vers un comportement fluide, visqueux àseuil, et ce, au moment de la rupture matérielle détectée par le critère du travail du secondordre.Après quelques applications du modèle de transition solide-fluide sur des cas simples et homogènes(en considérant la loi élasto-plastique Plasol et loi visqueuse de Bingham), nous avonsappliqué ce modèle à la modélisation des coulées de boue de Sarno et Quindici (Italie, 1998).Les premiers modèles montrent la possibilité de décrire les trois phases de ce mouvement deterrain (l’initiation, la propagation et l’immobilisation), et nous avons pu étudier l’effet dedifférents paramètres sur l’arrêt contre un ouvrage de protection. / Geomaterials are present in nature in many forms : solid soil or rock, soft clay, almost liquidmud, etc... Geomechanics deals with the understanding the solid behavior of geomaterials.However, solid ground can happen, under specific external conditions, to turn into fluid : asfor example during mudflows or debris flows. In such a context, there are few numerical toolsable of modeling the different phases of the behavior. Furthermore, it seems that there is,nowadays, no satisfactory constitutive model to describe such a transition.Our work concerns, in a general way, solid-fluid transition in geomaterials behavior and thedevelopment of a constitutive model describing both the solid phase, fluid phase, and thetransition between the two. In this framework, we chose to carry out calculations with theFEMLIP numerical method (Finite Element Method with Lagrangians Integration Points)which has shown a strong potential to describe a wide variety of behaviors (including historydependant behavior), in a unique model.Having implemented and validated the first elasto-plastic law in Ellipsis (FEMLIP basedcode), we have introduced in this code the solid-fluid transition model. This last is based onthe evolution, at the failure state detected by the second order work criterion, of the solidelasto-plastic behavior towards a viscous fluid behavior, exhibiting a yield stress.After validation of the solid-fluid transition model in homogeneous cases (considering Plasolelasto-plastic law and Bingham viscous one), we applied this model to the modeling of Sarnoand Quindici mudflows (Italy, 1998). The first models shows the possibility to describe thethree phases of the flow (initiation, propagation and immobilization), and we could study theeffect of various parameters on the stop against a protection work.

Orientador: Geraldo de Freitas Maciel / Banca: João Batista Campos Silva / Banca: Márcio Benedito Baptista / Resumo: Este trabalho versa sobre ondas de gravidade geradas por impacto de massas sólidas em meio líquido. Vários ensaios com materiais granulares, simulando o deslizamento, foram conduzidos em um canal de ondas provido de rampa a montante, sobre a qual esferas de vidro e seixos rolados, de diâmetros distintos, após deslizarem, vinham impactar o meio líquido gerando ondas de submersão. O canal, localizado no Laboratório de Hidráulica e Hidrometria da UNESP - Ilha Solteira, apresenta as dimensões 0,30 m de largura, 0,50 m de altura e 10,00 m de comprimento. Os ensaios com lâmina d'água variando entre 0,13 m e 0,20 m foram executados no intuito de checar algumas propriedades desse complexo processo físico de geração de ondas, quais sejam: o campo de velocidades do material granular incidente (centro de massa e frente de deslizamento), utilizando recursos de cinematografia e tratamento de imagens; determinação de alturas de ondas através de sondas capacitivas micro-controladas; e, por fim, obtenção de velocidades orbitais na zona de geração, através de sondas ADV (Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter). Com o objetivo de validar modelo numérico desenvolvido por Maciel (1991) e aprimorado por Nascimento (2001), os ensaios experimentais subsidiaram o processo de validação do referido modelo, baseado nas equações de Serre, para o caso de materiais granulares, até então não contemplado por outros trabalhos citados na literatura. Foi também brevemente testado, o que requer aprofundamento em trabalho futuro, um modelo numérico lagrangeano, apresentado no Anexo III. Na seqüência, foi também realizada uma análise da transferência de energia do material granular incidente para o meio líquido, cujo principal objetivo era de avaliar o percentual de energia cinética do deslizamento que fora convertido em energias cinética e potencial da onda gerada... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This work is about gravity waves generated by solid mass impact into liquid. Several essays with granular material, simulating a landslide, were conduced in a wave channel provided with an upstream ramp where glass spheres and pebbles (with two different diameter intervals) slide the ramp generating submersion waves. The wave channel is located at UNESP - Ilha Solteira's Hydraulics and Hydrometrics Laboratory. Its dimension is 0,30 m (width), 0,50 m (high) and 10,00 m (length). The depth of water was from 0,13 m up to 0,20 m. Some properties of the complex physic process of landslide generated waves were investigated: granular material's velocity field (trough cinematography method and image treatment); wave height was founded with micro controlled capacitance wave gauges; and orbital velocity was acquired by Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) gauges. The main aim was to validate a numeric model developed by Maciel (1991) further improved by Nascimento (2001) for granular material generated waves. The experimental essays were essential to the validation of the Serre's equation based model for granular material (do not contemplated by other works in the literature). A lagrangean numeric model was briefly tested (Anexo III). The energy transfer of the granular material to waves was also analyzed with purpose to evaluate the fraction of the solid's kinematics energy was converted in wave's kinematics and potential energies. In the engineering context, this work brings a chapter with several analytic, semi-empiric and empiric methods of water wave's height estimation. They are based on geometric characteristics and slide's dynamics. Another chapter compares those methods. / Mestre