Ning Lu lectures on hillslope processes and (especially) stability, at the Summer School on Landslides

In 2013 University of Calabria organised a very interesting School on Landslide triggering (many thanks to Lino Versace, Giovanna Capparelli and Giuseppe Formetta).  I actually gave a hand to organised it, and  I also gave a lecture on Richards equation.  Waiting for the official post of the lectures at the school site (after which, I will remove my videos), I cannot wait anymore to have on-line the lectures by Ning Lu. He gave four talks taken out of his beautiful book, Hillslope Hydrology and Stability, written with Jonathan Godt, new coordinator of the USGS landslide hazards program, and former co-advisor of my Ph.D. student Silvia Simoni (her thesis here).  A must-watch for any guy in the field !

First talk: A brief conceptual history of soil hydrology and soil mechanics (from Chapter 6 of his book)

Second talk: About Steady infiltration (Chapter 3 of his book)

Third talk, part I: Strength of hillslope materials (Chapter 7 of his book)

Third talk, part II: Hydro-mechanical properties of hillslopes (Chapter 8 of the book)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokmTXgmTf8

Fourth talk, part I: Failure surfaces  (Chapter 9 the book)

Fourth talk, part II: Field based stability analysis (Chapter 10 of his book)