Sliding-block back analysis of earthquake-induced slides

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 61-75

  Stamatopoulos, Constantine A ^a   Velgaki, Eleni G ^a   Sarma, Sarada K ^b  

^a Kotzias Stamatopoulos Co Ltd   (Greece)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Critical acceleration; Residual soil strength; Seismic displacement; Slide; Sliding block (IGC: E6 E8)

Indexed keywords

EID: 23644448926     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.40.6_61     Document Type: Article

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