The Frank slide: A reexamination of the failure mechanism

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 299-311

  Benko, Boris ^a   Stead, Doug ^b,c  

^a Machibroda Engineering Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Landslides; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK MECHANICS;

DISTINCT ELEMENT TECHNIQUES;

LANDSLIDES;

FAILURE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE;

CANADA;

EID: 0032056187     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t98-005     Document Type: Article

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