Reliability analysis of reinforced embankments on soft ground

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 672-685

  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

Embankment; Probability; Reinforcement; Reliability; Spreadsheet; Stability

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CRACKS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPREADSHEETS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM STABILITY MODEL; REINFORCED EMBANKMENTS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EMBANKMENTS;

EMBANKMENT; REINFORCED EARTH; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031252038     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-032     Document Type: Article

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