Development of a probabilistic approach for rock wedge failure

Engineering Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 233-251

  Park, H ^a   West, T R ^b  

^a Geotechnical Engineering Division   (South Korea)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Probabilistic analysis; Rock slope stability; Si mulation; Wedge failure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY; ROCKS; SLOPE STABILITY;

ROCK WEDGE FAILURES;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

PROBABILITY; ROCKFALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0035303524     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(00)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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