Stability of earth-rockfill dams: Influence of geometry on the three-dimensional effect

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 326-339

  Yu, Yuzhen ^a   Xie, Liquan ^a   Zhang, Bingyin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earth rockfill dam; Safety factor; Stability; Three dimensional effect

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY FACTOR; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY;

EARTH-ROCKFILL DAM; GLOBAL STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL EFFECT;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

EARTH DAM; ROCKFILL DAM; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 23644444273     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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