Strength-reduction stability analysis of rock slopes using the Hoek-Brown failure criterion

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 102, 2000, Pages 65-77

  Dawson, Ethan ^a   You, Kwangho ^b   Park, Yeonjun ^b  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Suwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

HOEK-BROWN FAILURE CRITERION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0033714276     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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