A concise algorithm for computing the factor of safety using the Morgenstern-Price method

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 272-278

  Zhu, D Y ^a,b   Lee, C F ^c   Qian, Q H ^d   Chen, G R ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING   (China)

^e HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Factor of safety; Limit equilibrium method; Slope; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SLOPE PROTECTION;

ITERATIONS; MOMENT EQUILIBRIA; MORGENSTERN-PRICE METHOD; SCALING FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 19944398797     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-072     Document Type: Article

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