A new procedure for computing the factor of safety using the Morgenstern-Price method

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 882-888

  Zhu, D Y ^a   Lee, C F ^a   Qian, Q H ^a   Zou, Z S ^a   Sun, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Factor of safety; Limit equilibrium method; Slope; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CALCULATIONS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

MORGENSTERN PRICE METHOD;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; METHOD OF SLICES; SAFETY; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0034740347     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cgj-38-4-882     Document Type: Article

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