A second look at Taylor's stability chart

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1102-1108

  Baker, R ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Homogeneity; Slip; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE STABILITY;

STABILITY CHARTS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

HOMOGENEITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SLIP; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 0348010211     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:12(1102)     Document Type: Article

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