Causative mechanisms of rainfall-induced fill slope failures

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 593-602

  Chen, H ^a   Lee, C F ^b   Law, K T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dead loads; Failures; Rainfall; Slopes; Soil suction; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; RAIN; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS;

RAINFALL INFILTRATION; SLOPE FAILURES; SOIL SUCTION;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 2942577461     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:6(593)     Document Type: Article

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