A nonlinear catastrophe model of instability of planar-slip slope and chaotic dynamical mechanisms of its evolutionary process

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 38, Issue 44-45, 2001, Pages 8093-8109

  Qin, Siqing ^a   Jimmy Jiao, Jiu ^b   Wang, Sijing ^a   Long, Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Chaos; Instability; Plane slip slope; Stiffness ratio

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BRITTLENESS; CHAOS THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

NONLINEAR CUSP CATASTROPHE MODELS;

LANDSLIDES;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0035850789     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(01)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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