Reliability analysis of rock wedges

Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 498-505

  Low, B K ^a,b  

^a ASCE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE STABILITY; SPREADSHEETS;

CLOSED FORM EQUATIONS; HASOFER-LIND SECOND MOMENT RELIABILITY INDEX; ROCK WEDGES; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SOLVER TOOL;

ROCKS;

ROCK WEDGE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031171861     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1997)123:6(498)     Document Type: Article

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