Development of Horizontal Slice Method for seismic stability analysis of reinforced slopes and walls

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-187

  Nouri, H ^a   Fakher, A ^a   Jones, C J F P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horizontal slice method; Limit equilibrium; Pseudo static analysis; Reinforced slopes; Seismic; Walls

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HORIZONTAL SLICE METHOD; LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM; PSEUDO-STATIC ANALYSIS; REINFORCED SLOPES; REINFORCED SOIL STRUCTURES; SEISMIC LOADS; SEISMIC STABILITY ANALYSIS; SLIDING WEDGE;

SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WALL;

MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; STABILITY;

EID: 33645891436     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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