Slope stability analysis by strength reduction

Geotechnique

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 835-840

  Dawson, E M ^a   Roth, W H ^a   Drescher, A ^b  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embankments; Landslides; Limit state design analysis; Numerical modelling and analysis; Plasticity; Slopes

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; SAFETY FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LIMIT ANALYSIS SOLUTION; SHEAR STRENGTH REDUCTION TECHNIQUE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

LIMIT ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033384489     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1999.49.6.835     Document Type: Article

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