A simplified method for 3D slope stability analysis

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 675-683

  Chen, Zuyu ^a   Mi, Hongliang ^b   Zhang, Faming ^c   Wang, Xiaogang ^a  

^a Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research of China   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Limit equilibrium method; Slope stability analysis; Three dimensional analysis; Upper bound method

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SLOPE STABILITY;

LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM THEORY;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0042324285     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-002     Document Type: Article

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