Computational stochastic analysis of earth structure settlements

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-121

  Marinilli, A ^a   Cerrolaza, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Earth dams; Settlement calculations; Stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

DAMS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EARTH DAMS; EARTH STRUCTURE SETTLEMENTS; STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS;

SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES;

EARTH DAM; EARTHWORKS; GROUND SETTLEMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

EID: 0032708490     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-352X(99)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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