Effects of near-surface environmental conditions on instability of an unsaturated soil slope

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1111-1126

  Blatz, James A ^a   Ferreira, Nelson J ^b   Graham, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UMA Engineering Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flux boundary; Laboratory tests; Seepage modeling; Slope stability; Soil suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPILLARITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SEEPAGE; SHEAR STRENGTH;

FLUX BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SHEAR RESISTANCE; SOIL SUCTION;

SOILS;

RAINFALL; SEEPAGE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 15544367389     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T04-058     Document Type: Article

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