Stability of seismically loaded slopes using limit analysis

Geotechnique

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 463-479

  Loukidis, D ^a   Bandini, P ^a   Salgado, R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Limit state design analysis; Numerical modelling and analysis; Plasticity; Slopes

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SHEAR STRENGTH;

SEISMIC LOADING;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; SLOPE; STABILITY;

EARTHQUAKE; LIMIT ANALYSIS; LOADING; PLASTICITY; SLOPE; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0038006283     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2003.53.5.463     Document Type: Article

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