Continuum simulation of flow failures

Geotechnique

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 515-538

  Sousa, J ^a   Voight, B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamics; failure; landslides; rock mechanics; shear strength; slopes

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM SIMULATION; FAILURE; FLOW FAILURE; LANDSLIDE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE; SLOPE FAILURE;

JAPAN; ONTAKE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; LANDSLIDES - SIMULATION; RHEOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

AVALANCHE; BIVISCOUS MODEL; CATASTROPHIC SLOPE FAILURES; HINDCAST ANALYSIS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 0026359086     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: 17517656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1991.41.4.515     Document Type: Article

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