The application of dynamic programming to slope stability analysis

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 830-847

  Pham, Ha T V ^a   Fredlund, Delwyn G ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Limit equilibrium methods of slices; Optimization theory; Slope stability; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SLIP SURFACES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL STATE; SLIP; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0142091198     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-033     Document Type: Article

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