Effect of soil variability on reliability of soil slopes

Geotechnique

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-337

  Babu, G L Sivakumar ^a   Mukesh, M D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Failure; Reliability; Slopes; Soil variability

Indexed keywords

SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 3142776390     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.54.5.335.46725     Document Type: Article

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