A Numerical Investigation of the Stability of Unsaturated Soil Slopes Subjected to Transient Seepage

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-28

  Ng, C W W ^a   Shi, Q ^b  

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

^b Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RAIN; SAFETY FACTOR; SEEPAGE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

MOHR-COULOMB FAILURE CRITERION; UNSATURATED SOIL SLOPES;

SOIL MECHANICS;

PERMEABILITY; RAINFALL; SEEPAGE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031918348     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-352X(97)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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