Stability analysis of jointed/weathered rock slopes using the hoek-brown failure criterion

Geosystem Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 90-97

  You, Kwang Ho ^a   Park, Yeon Jun ^a   Dawson, Ethan M ^b  

^a Suwon University   (South Korea)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Jointed rock; Limit analysis; Rock slope; Stability; Stability number; Strength reduction; Weathered rock

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444380078     PISSN: 12269328     EISSN: 21663394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12269328.2000.10541157     Document Type: Article

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