Three-dimensional slope stability analysis using an extended spencer method

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 127-135

  Jiang, Jing Cai ^a   Yamagami, Takuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D analysis; Critical slip surface; Limit equilibrium; Minimum safety factor; Slope stability; Variational approach (IGC: E6)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAFETY FACTOR; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLUMN METHOD; CONICAL HEAPS; CRITICAL SLIP SURFACE; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM; MINIMUM SAFETY FACTOR; VARIATIONAL APPROACH (IGC: E6);

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 24744433719     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.44.4_127     Document Type: Article

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