Global search for critical failure surface in slope stability analysis

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-65

  Bolton, Hermanus P J ^a   Heymann, Gerhard ^a   Groenwold, Albert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Critical failure surface; Global optimization; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; SOILS;

HOMOGENEOUS SOILS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0037293512     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305215031000064749     Document Type: Article

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