Probabilistic Slope Analysis Using Janbu's Generalized Procedure of Slices

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-142

  Low, B K ^a   Tang, Wilson H ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SAFETY FACTOR; SPREADSHEETS;

CRITICAL SLIP SURFACE; FIRST ORDER RELIABILITY METHOD (FORM); JANBU'S GENERALIZED PROCEDURE OF SLICES (GPS);

SLOPE STABILITY;

JANBU'S METHOD OF SLICES; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030724842     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0266-352x(97)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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