Determination of shear strength of Hawaiian residual soil subjected to rainfall-induced landslides

Geotechnique

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Zhu, J H ^a   Anderson, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure; Laboratory tests; Landslides; Residual soils; Shear strength; Slopes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONSOLIDATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING;

ANISOTROPIC CONSOLIDATION UNDRAINED (ACU) TESTS; CONSTANT SHEAR STRESS DRAINED (CSD) TESTS; RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES; RESIDUAL SOIL;

SOIL MECHANICS;

LANDSLIDE MECHANISM; RESIDUAL SOIL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE PROCESSES; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

USA, HAWAII;

EID: 0032007721     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1998.48.1.73     Document Type: Article

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