Slope stability analysis based on the rigid finite element method

Geotechnique

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 585-593

  Zhang, Xiong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bearing capacity; Earth pressure; Limit stale design analysis; Numerical modelling; Slopes

Indexed keywords

BEARING CAPACITY; BRITTLENESS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; EMBANKMENTS; EXCAVATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SAFETY FACTOR;

INTERSLICE FORCES; LATERAL EARTH PRESSURE; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM METHODS; RIGID FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BEARING CAPACITY; EARTH PRESSURE; EMBANKMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIMIT ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0032755326     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1999.49.5.585     Document Type: Article

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