Reliability of deteriorating slopes

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 589-597

  Cheung, Raymond W M ^a   Tang, Wilson H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Failures; Reliability; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CODES (STANDARDS); FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SOILS;

FAILURE PROBABILITY; SLOPE ENGINEERING; SLOPE IMPROVEMENT; STABILITY PERFORMANCES;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; SLOPE STABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 18144387951     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:5(589)     Document Type: Article

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